Marieke Istha on Mon, 8 Aug 2005 17:52:59 +0200 (CEST) |
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<nettime-ann> [art] [amsterdam] Exhibition: World Wide Wrong |
World Wide Wrong Jodi August 27 - October 22, 2005 Opening: Friday, August 26, 5:00 p.m. The conventions regarding how we interact with and use computers were = accepted very quickly. People all over the world use the same graphic = icons and interface. With notes, recycle bins and files, the desktop of = a computer is a graphic reflection of a real desk. These conventions = appear to simplify the use of the computer for everyone. On the other = hand, they also strongly reflect a virtual reality which makes it seem = that the user has control over the machine. But everyone who works with = a computer knows that it's a different story. A computer can run amok, = freeze up, or simply refuse to do what you want it to do. The artist = pair Jodi (Joan Heemskerk and Dirk Paesmans) occupy themselves = specifically with disruptive miscommunication of this sort. >From the birth of the Internet, Jodi were already actively involved with = net art. They simulated computer crashes, viruses and error messages = with programs they wrote themselves. These projects were a response to = the rules of the Internet, and confront the visitor with the cleverly = designed interfaces and websites by showing the flip side of the = technology, the possibly ugly side. Before you know it dozens of screens = or a page full of programming codes appear on the desktop. But the pair = are not computer freaks constantly searching for new opportunities. The = goal is not to deregulate or reprogram the computer. Jodi's interest is = primarily in the possibilities the medium has for communication, within = which it is primarily the limitations of coded communication that they = raise as issues. In the late 1990s their attention shifted from the computer itself to = computer and video games. There are also many pre-programmed codes to be = found in the game culture which make it easier for the player to quickly = understand the game. Jodi approaches such limits and simplifications = with the requisite skepticism. Through simple interventions, they let us = see other possibilities and applications. For instance, the color = architecture of the Quake game is simply replaced by black and white = fields, eliminating the player's sense of direction and dimensionality. = In their latest work they are searching for the possibilities (and = impossibilities) of GPS systems. Just like many older video artists such as Nam June Paik and the = Vasulkas, for instance, Jodi are consciously concerned with raising = technical standards for discussion, and modifying them. But rather than = producing predictable results, Jodi go a step further by employing the = unpredictability in the use of software and playing with the expectation = patterns of the viewer/user. The exhibition gives an overview of Jodi, from their first computer = experiments on the Internet through their three-dimensional video = installations of game modifications. Opening hours exhibition: Tuesday - Saturday and the first Sunday of the = month: 1 - 6 p.m. Entrance 2,50 (1,50 with discount) More information / Images: Marieke Istha Communication: = istha@montevideo.nl Netherlands Media Art Institute Montevideo/Time based Arts Keizersgracht 264 1016 EV Amsterdam The Netherlands www.montevideo.nl _______________________________________________ nettime-ann mailing list nettime-ann@nettime.org http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-ann