1 year performance videoThe work of MTAAA seems to me quite interesting because it has a different approch to the process of art making than the layman expects. Their concept, "The art happens here," emphasizing that Net art, like Process art, Performance art, and Happenings, is less an object for contemplation than an event or action that takes place over time, truly drew my attention. According to the excerpt, MTAA's project "1 year performance video" really meets the various ways of the internet age.
In the original work, a person spent an entire year living within a cage, documenting his self-induced confinement with photographs. This reminded me of a TV show from Germany called "Big Brother". In this show people, who haven't met each other before, are put into an apartment and have to master certain task to keep this show going. However, they are recorded 24/7.
But with regard to the work of MTAAA, one might consider its project as a perfect example for the increasing replacement of human activities and live experiences with those offered by computer and online worlds. Furthermore, it shows the audience the new media's ability to manipulate peoples' perceptions of time. In the same way as Ken Goldberg's work does, it covers up the distinct borders of reality and fake, making it extremely difficult to understand the process of art making in a traditional sense.
In the original work, a person spent an entire year living within a cage, documenting his self-induced confinement with photographs. This reminded me of a TV show from Germany called "Big Brother". In this show people, who haven't met each other before, are put into an apartment and have to master certain task to keep this show going. However, they are recorded 24/7.
But with regard to the work of MTAAA, one might consider its project as a perfect example for the increasing replacement of human activities and live experiences with those offered by computer and online worlds. Furthermore, it shows the audience the new media's ability to manipulate peoples' perceptions of time. In the same way as Ken Goldberg's work does, it covers up the distinct borders of reality and fake, making it extremely difficult to understand the process of art making in a traditional sense.
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