Degenerative CD-Rom. Collaboration with Pepe Juergens.
Winner EuroPrix Stud. Award 2001.
Published in: KARLSRUHER IKONOTOPE 1992-2002
Staatliche Hochschule fuer Gestaltung Karlsruhe
ISBN 3-88375-747-0
The CD-Rom project s/He'll survive' is an experimental interactive work, as well as a presentation of artworks by HfG media art students at the Netherlands Media Art Institute, Montevideo, Amsterdam. More than mere documentation, this re-presentation of the exhibition is a piece in it's own right as it reflects the CD-Rom as a medium in itself. The user navigates across a single level, which contains all the artists on the CD-Rom. By moving the mouse, the user causes fragments of the exhibition to flow over the screen. With each user-interaction, the images become more distorted and displaced. They are deconstructed as if infected by a virus manipulating the data on the disc. The surface moves constantly while slowly degrading in an irreversible manner. The progressive destruction is not declared and the CD-Rom eventually wears away. The life span is short and even a reload cannot repair this damage to the surface. In turn, a multimedia journey descends into chaos.
Sound: Tomio Tremmel
Thanks to Uwe Laysiepen, Michael Saup, all participating artists
