Monthly Archives: January 2011


Michiel van der Zanden

‘Pwned paintings #2’ (2008) by Michiel van der Zanden


Brody Condon

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‘DeResFX.Kill(KarmaPhysics < Elvis)’ (2004) by Brody Condon

Karma Physics < Elvis is a modification of the bloody science fiction first person shooter computer game Unreal 2003. When plugged into a projector/moniter and power, a small custom pink computer automatically starts and displays the work. The viewer is pulled slowly through an infinite pink fog filled with floating, twitching bodies of Elvis Presley. The convulsions of Elvis are controlled by the original game’s Karma Ragdoll real-time physics system – generally used to simulate the physical dynamics of game character death.

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Click for the video.


Erik Olofsen

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‘In Places’ (2004) by Erik Olofsen. (Russian introduction, video after 1:00 )


Donna Conlon

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Two stills from Donna Conlon‘s video ‘Urban Phantoms’ (2004)

Click here to see the video.


Hans Op de Beeck

‘Staging silence’ (2009) by Hans Op de Beeck.


Pierre Huyghe

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‘Les Grands Ensembles’, by Pierre Huyghe

This video shows the reconstruction of an urban landscape in the late 1970s. In constant twilight, two towers converse in a strange code through the light from their windows, produced by the winking of television monitors.

Sorry about the quality, but be sure to watch through the end of the video.

Check these works by Kelly Mark and Nikki Koole.


Helmut Dick

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Helmut Dick‘s ‘Salad-field as big as a skyscraper’ (2001)

The field was situated in Gropiusstadt, Berlin-Neukölln, one of the biggest skyscraper settlements in Germany. The crops were gathered by neighborhood residents.

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Hoefner & Sachs

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‘Honey Neustadt’ by Franz Hoefner & Harry Sachs (2006)

A model of a city filled with one million bees placed in Berlin-Mitte. The honey that was gathered from these bees was given away to residents.

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Cyprien Gaillard

‘Pruitt Igoe Falls’ by Cyprien Gaillard