31/5/2008
Exonemo
Plug-in, Basel
un-dead-link. A new spacial installation focusses on questions of digitized and symbolized death between the physical and virtual world. The audience can see, feel and hear the effects of a symbolic death in a computer game in the physical exhibition space. Since 1996 Exonemo have made a considerable impact in the media art world with daring, humerous and profound works.
Curated by Annette Schindler
Exonemo shows a new spacial installation at [plug.in]. The installations focusses on questions of digitized and symbolized death between the physical and virtual world. The audience can see, feel and hear the effects of a symbolic death in a computer game in the physical exhibition space.
Since 1996 exonemo have made a considerable impact in the media art world with daring, humerous and profound works. Sembo Kensuke and Yae Akaiwa reflect the growing influence of electronic media in our society and have shown, among other places, in Istanbul Biennale, The ICC and the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo, the Tamayo Museum in Mexico. Their work received the prestigious golden nica award at the ars electronica Linz in 2006. exonemo resides in Tokyo and in www.exonemo.com.
Generously supported by Bundesamt für Kultur/Sitemapping.
Links: http://exonemo.com
Exhibition opening 06/01/08, 20:00
Opening of the exhibition UN-DEAD-LINK by the Japanese artist group exonemo. The artists are present. With a musical intervention by Izumi Ise, piano.
[plug.in] with exonemo at LISTE - the young art fair
[plug.in]
St. Alban-Rheinweg 64 4052 Basel
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