participation

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1994 - 404

author

Rene Christen

date

2008

project description

'1992-404' is a memorial to dead web links which pokes fun at precious thinking about online identity, 1992 being the beginning of the Internet in its popular form and 404 being the error code a web browser receives when trying to view a dead link. The piece appears as an appropriation of Maya Lins' Vietnam War Memorial, not to degrade the war memorial in any way, but rather to emphasise the triviality of the subject matter by comparing the two. A physical installation of this piece then extends the idea of these ephemeral identities being imbued with physical mortality.
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15x15

author

Richard Vickers

date

2007

project description

15x15
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Flag Metamorphoses

author

Myriam Thyes (and 20 participating artists)

date

2008

project description

Flag Metamorphoses is a participatory art project - a continuously growing series of animations with many authors: The flags of every nation in the world will transform into each other through flash animations. Between each two flags, scenes appear to show an aspect of the relations between the two countries - an exploration into the meaning of imagery on flags, aiming to create interrelated associations through questioning, reassessing, fluidizing and re-mixing of diverse national iconography.