From a band of Web pirates whose past projects have included staging a hoax involving a made-up artist, ripping off the Pope, other net.artists, and hell.com (who almost sued them), and stealing and altering the Web's first net.art gallery, comes "life_sharing," a performance piece, if you will, in which the artists make their entire hard drive available on the Internet. Finally, 0100101110101101.ORG is giving something back to the Web--make that everything. Including some stuff that isnt theirs to give (like, oh, their operating system and program files). The cat burglars of the Internet are leaving their doors and windows wide open and putting out the welcome mats.
"Read email from our mothers," they say. "Look what we bought with our MasterCards."
"Why?" we ask.
"Because its art, they say."
"Oh. Cool," we say, "I dont get it."
What they mean is that in today's technological world where our computers are extensions of ourselves (we keep our work, photos, recipes, books, and favorite songs on them--hell, I kept my boyfriend on mine for a while), to let someone into your hard drive is to let them into your heart, your mind, and maybe even your bank account. In other words, you can BE 0100101110101101.ORG. Just be careful. It may be a trap. |
