WAT

WAT ARE TIS

WAT: "WAT ARE TIS", A CAMPAIGN OF VIRTUAL DERTOURNEMENTS 2015-16

HOE: A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT INJECTIONS INTO CYBERNETIC SPACE MEANT TO DISRUPT AND RECONTEXTUALIZE FAMILIAR CYBERNETIC SPACES SUCH AS FACEBOOK, PHOTOBOOKS, ATHLETICS, ACADEMIA, SKYPE, YOUTUBE, VISUAL ART, MY LAPTOP, WALKING, STUDYING, CALL CENTER QUEUES, WRITING, AND LAST-BUT NOT LEAST- EXHIBITION

WHY: I REALIZED VERY LATE THAT IN ORDER TO MAKE I HAVE TO HAVE FUN, AND BE SIMPLE WITH MY APPROACH TOWARDS ART. I HAVE A LARGE AFFECTION FOR INTERNET CULTURE, AND I HAVE MOSTLY LOOKED AT IT FROM A FAR VANTAGE POINT. THE VIRTUAL KIDNAPPING PROJECT WAS MY FIRST SUCCESS IN MEDIA DESIGN LET ME CONTINUE THAT PRACTICE. LET'S SEE WHAT GROWS OUT OF THIS. IN THE SPIRIT OF DETOURNEMENT AND SITUATIONISM, AND ALL OF WHAT I HAVEN'T DONE Y

RELATION TO FORMER PRACTICE

Voice Distortion Experiment
The Archive of the Transcendental Archive
The Procedural Photobook
Virtual Kidnapping
Skype & Cigarettes

CURRENT PRACTICE

The Procedural Photobook
The Archive of the Transcendental Archive

FUTURE PRACTICE

WAT IS TIS QUEUE
WAT IS TIS EXERCISING
WAT IS TIS ART
WAT IS TIS WORKING
WAT IS TIS EXHIBITION
WAT IS TIS EXHIBIT

INFLUENCES The Situationist Manifesto, G. Debord The Society of the Spectacle, G. Debord The Production of Space, H. Lefebvre [H. Steyerl] [Idea: SHUT THE FUCK UP]