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== UBERMORGEN, [V]ote-auction, 2000 == | |||
[[File:ubermorgen_1.jpg|400px]] [[File:voteauction_orig_seal_01.gif|300px]] | [[File:ubermorgen_1.jpg|400px]] [[File:voteauction_orig_seal_01.gif|300px]] | ||
https://www.ubermorgen.com/vote-auction.net/ | https://www.ubermorgen.com/vote-auction.net/ | ||
It is difficult to choose one artist among others but for this first presentation I would like to focus 2 artists who employ performative action and media hacking and biohacking strategies in their work. (I may mention boring net.art projects and interactive installations in coming weeks.) | |||
It is difficult to choose | |||
The work of UBERMORGEN, an artist duo of lizvlx and Hans Bernhard, Vote-Auction was an online auction platform created during the 2000 US presidential election that claimed to allow Americans to sell their vote online. The work had overwhelming media attention in online media, print, radio and tv including a CNN news | The work of UBERMORGEN, an artist duo of lizvlx and Hans Bernhard, Vote-Auction was an online auction platform created during the 2000 US presidential election that claimed to allow Americans to sell their vote online. The work had overwhelming media attention in online media, print, radio and tv including a CNN news | ||
https://vimeo.com/19218313 which became part of the work at the end. UBERMORGEN's work questions about the moral basis of law and the opacity of democratic institutions under capitalism. | https://vimeo.com/19218313 which became part of the work at the end. UBERMORGEN's work questions about the moral basis of law and the opacity of democratic institutions under capitalism. | ||
== Mary Maggic, Housewives Making Drugs == | |||
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