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| - | '''Christophe Bruno''' (born [[July 1]], [[1964]]) is a [[France|French]] [[artist]]. He began his artistic activity in 2001, influenced by the [[net.art]] movement. His thesis is that through the web, and especially through the ability to search and monitor it thoroughly by means of Google, we are heading towards a global text that among other things enables a new form of textual, semantic capitalism, which he explores in his work. His artworks include ''Iterature'', ''Logo.Hallucination'', ''The Google Adwords Happening'' and many other pieces. | + | '''net.art''' refers to a group of [[artists]] who worked in the medium of [[internet art]] from 1994. The main members of this movement are [[Vuk Ćosić]], [[Jodi|Jodi.org]], [[Alexei Shulgin]], [[Olia Lialina]], and Heath Bunting. Although this group was formed as a [[parody]] of [[avantgarde]] movements by writers such as Tilman Baumgärtel, Josephine Bosma, Hans Dieter Huber and Pit Schultz, their individual works have little in common. |
| - | ==Background== | + | The term "net.art" is also used as a synonym for net art or internet art and covers a much wider range of artistic practices. In this wider definition, net.art means art that uses the internet as its medium and that cannot be experienced in any other way. Often ''net.art'' has the internet as (part of) its subject matter but this is certainly not required. |
| - | Christophe Bruno was born on July 1, 1964 in [[Bayonne, France]]. | + | |
| - | Chrisophe Bruno is a Net Artist who lives and works in [[Paris]] France. To date, he has been awarded the Madrid Contemporary Art Fair with the ARCO (Madrid's International Contemporary Art Fair) new media prize in 2007, and at the [[Prix Ars Electronica]] 2003. | + | == History of the net.art movement == |
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| - | His work has been shown at many international festivals, museums: FIAC Paris, ARCO Madrid, Biennale of Sydney, Diva Fair in New-York, Palais de Tokyo in Paris, ArtCologne, MOCA Taipei, Modern Art Museum of the city of Paris, New Museum of Contemporary Art in New-York, Tirana Biennale of Contemporary Art, Gallery West in The Hague, Vooruit Arts Center in Gent, Share Festival in Torino, Transmediale in Berlin, Laboral Cyberspaces in Gijon, galerie Sollertis in Toulouse, ICC in Tokyo, Nuit Blanche de Paris, File Festival in São Paulo, Rencontres Paris-Berlin, f.2004@shangai, ReJoyce Festival in Dublin, P0es1s.net in Berlin, Microwave Media Art Festival in Honk-Kong, Read_Me Festival in Dortmund and Aarhus, Vidarte in Mexico City… | + | |
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| - | He divides his time between his artistic activity, curating, teaching, lectures, and publications. | + | |
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| - | ==Works== | + | |
| - | Bruno's works include: | + | |
| - | * ''Iterature'', a collection of pieces or documentations of performances which use the text from the web as material. Many of the pieces are search engines hacks (primarily Google). They get hold of text floating around the web and use it as raw material for various re-workings, cut-ups, algorithmic text generations, visualizations, cartographies and so forth. | + | |
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| - | * ''Logo.Hallucination'', which continuously monitors the images circulating on the Internet looking for hidden logos. Logo.Hallucination then sends cease and desist emails whenever a copyright violation is detected. | + | |
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| - | * ''Adwords Happenings'', which plays with the rules of [[Google]]'s [[Adwords]] service by inserting "spam poems" in the ad boxes that appear selectively to the user according to his personal search. Clicking on these links would of course then redirect the user to Bruno's website. | + | |
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| - | ==Exhibitions== | + | |
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| - | FIAC Paris, ARCO Madrid, Biennale of Sydney, Diva Fair in New-York, Palais de Tokyo in Paris, ArtCologne, MOCA Taipei, Modern Art Museum of the city of Paris, New Museum of Contemporary Art in New-York, Tirana Biennale of Contemporary Art, Gallery West in The Hague, Vooruit Arts Center in Gent, Share Festival in Torino, Transmediale in Berlin, Laboral Cyberspaces in Gijon, galerie Sollertis in Toulouse, ICC in Tokyo, Nuit Blanche de Paris, File Festival in São Paulo, Rencontres Paris-Berlin, f.2004@shangai, ReJoyce Festival in Dublin, P0es1s.net in Berlin, Microwave Media Art Festival in Honk-Kong, Read_Me Festival in Dortmund and Aarhus, Vidarte in Mexico City ... | + | |
| + | The net.art movement arose in the context of the wider development of [[Internet Art]]. As such, net.art is more of a movement and a critical and political landmark in [[Internet Art]] history, than a specific [[genre]]. Early precursors of the net.art movement include the international [[fluxus]] (Nam June Paik) and avant-pop ([[Mark Amerika]]) movements. The avant-pop movement particularly became widely recognized in Internet circles from 1993, largely via the popular [[Alt-X]] site. | ||
| + | The term "net.art" was probably coined by Pit Schultz in 1995, but is also attributed to [[Vuk Cosic]], and stems from "conjoined phrases in an email bungled by a technical [[glitch]] (a morass of alphanumeric junk, its only legible term 'net.art')" (Rachel Greene, ''Internet Art'', Thames & Hudson Ltd, London, 2004). It was first used with regard to the "net.art per se" meeting of artists and theorists in [[Trieste]] in May 1996, and referred to a group of artists who worked together closely in the first half of the 1990s. | ||
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net.art refers to a group of artists who worked in the medium of internet art from 1994. The main members of this movement are Vuk Ćosić, Jodi.org, Alexei Shulgin, Olia Lialina, and Heath Bunting. Although this group was formed as a parody of avantgarde movements by writers such as Tilman Baumgärtel, Josephine Bosma, Hans Dieter Huber and Pit Schultz, their individual works have little in common.
The term "net.art" is also used as a synonym for net art or internet art and covers a much wider range of artistic practices. In this wider definition, net.art means art that uses the internet as its medium and that cannot be experienced in any other way. Often net.art has the internet as (part of) its subject matter but this is certainly not required.
History of the net.art movement
The net.art movement arose in the context of the wider development of Internet Art. As such, net.art is more of a movement and a critical and political landmark in Internet Art history, than a specific genre. Early precursors of the net.art movement include the international fluxus (Nam June Paik) and avant-pop (Mark Amerika) movements. The avant-pop movement particularly became widely recognized in Internet circles from 1993, largely via the popular Alt-X site.
The term "net.art" was probably coined by Pit Schultz in 1995, but is also attributed to Vuk Cosic, and stems from "conjoined phrases in an email bungled by a technical glitch (a morass of alphanumeric junk, its only legible term 'net.art')" (Rachel Greene, Internet Art, Thames & Hudson Ltd, London, 2004). It was first used with regard to the "net.art per se" meeting of artists and theorists in Trieste in May 1996, and referred to a group of artists who worked together closely in the first half of the 1990s.
