Carlos Katastrofsky
Project date: January 2007
submitted 2009-01-13 17:37:33
Call: After the Net
Description:
Mailing lists are popular tools for the exchange of thoughts and opinions: they make multiple (written) dialogues possible as well as the archiving for future references. In this work the mailinglist-software “mailman” is modified to allow only one single posting from a sender. The user is able to subscribe and to receive messages endlessly but post only once and by this immediately get unsubscribed. The idea of “exchange” is thereby turned into something absurd: one can listen but only talk once. Sending a message thus requires meaningful content, “chatting” becomes impossible."
Format: modified mailinglist
Genre: internet art
URL: http://katastrofsky.cont3xt.net/lastwishes
Artist Bio:
carlos katastrofsky is an artist, based in austria/europe. working primarily in the field of new media art, the areas of exploration include netart, interactive installations, software art and the possibilities of web- elements as cultural tools. he is co-founder of CONT3XT.NET, based in vienna.