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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