Artist Response No 1

Telegarden (1995) by Ken Goldberg

Ken Goldberg's way of challenging peoples' perception is quite interesting and depicts, in my eyes, a very fascinating approach. I agree with him stating that it has become even more difficult to distinguish fake from reality in the online world. Since anyone is able to use the internet or even publish information, it has gotten harder to find reliable sources and information.

However, Ken Goldberg's idea of a garden that gets taken care off via the internet by people from all over the world at the same time might stand for a small example what else might be possible in future. Ken Goldberg just used a plantes which might be considered living objects. Who knows where this idea will end in the future. Maybe some day it won't be plants anymore that will get controlled by unknown people.

Another idea that comes to my mind was the fact that he provokes us to consider whether the garden really exists. On the internet there are probably so many things that doesn't exist in reality. Nevertheless, this phenomena seems to attract even more people all over the world. It seems that people are really searching for those non-authentic things.