Tris Vonna-Michell, ‘The trades of others’. Performance still (2008)
Vonna-Michell’s performances and installations function as chapters within a non-linear story, combining personal myth with historical traces.
Interview here
Watch the top right surveillance screen.
This is sped-up footage of mr. Nicholas White trapped in an elevator in the McGraw-Hill Building for 41 hours, after having a cigarette for lunch outside.
The story and some more facts about elevators, as featured in the New Yorker, here.
‘Hotel Vue des Alpes’ is a fictional, hotel, accessable only through the internet. Visitors can log in to the website, book a room and walk around to enjoy the scenery. You can stay there for a few days (short stay only)… The view from the rooms is breathtaking!
It is a project by Monica Studer and Christoph van den Berg
‘Oh my God’, by Aids-3D (200?)
Click on ‘Read more’ for a random selection of their fine gallery of randomly found internet images. (Don’t worry, it’s office-friendly. Your boss won’t mind…)
Stefaan D’heedene, ‘Billy’ (2006)
Stefaan Dheedene bought a piece of furniture from the Billy series at Ikea. But the day before the exhibition opened, Dheedene took Billy back to Ikea. He received back the money he invested.
In the time before the opening the artist had hired a carpenter who reconstructed the mass-produced Billy as a unique work of art, in a slightly more expensive and nicer type of wood.
Billy’s next buyer must’ve been a happy consumer…
Tom Friedman, ‘Hot balls’ (1992)
A collection of differently sized and coloured balls stolen by the artist from various stores over a period of six months.
Stills from ‘Europaeischer Hof’, Daniel Pflumm (2004)
Unfortunately I didn’t find a single one of his videos online…
Opening: Friday March 12, 20:00h.
GWEI.com
“GWEI (Google will eat itself) generates money by serving Google text advertisments on a network of hidden Websites. With this money they automatically buy Google shares. They buy Google via their own advertisement!” Google will eat itself.