I am your bug,
I am your virus,
I am your drug.
You are my victim,
my unaware spectator,
I am you,
and you are watching me
- A. Glitch
"I'm your drug, you're my victim," a phrase that no one would ever expect to read on his computer, but this is exactly what happened a few days ago, Saturday, June 28 in La Spezia.
I, Artour Glitch, one and one hundred, real and imaginary, I decided to show my works of Glitch Art using an alternative channel to the usual institutional places of art: Media World (the italian brand for Media Markt).
So in the world of media, where television and computers display much better due to the clarity of their screens, I discovered the opacity of the system which includes me. Thanks to Bugspot, a new electronic device, it was possible to infiltrate into the mega-store's Wi-Fi network, manipulate data and web traffic and show my work to anyone who connects to it.
Seven works, seven glitch interventions, which overlap with any site you try to surf on, seven sentences between disturbing and menacing that are meant to put the viewer in front of the "power" of the media. The people who are surfing on the computer and tablet in the shop do not expect to be "attacked" by a machine, they feel disoriented and do not understand what is happening.
Like any exhibit worthy of respect, I promoted the event and attracted curious people by planting invitations throughout the mall so as to have, in addition to unsuspecting visitors, viewers aware that something strange was happening.
The operation "7 Glitch interventions on Media World" was designed and developed in the imaginary laboratory REFRAMED, a space of collective imagination close to the surroundings of the Academy of Fine Arts in Carrara and an experimental fusion container between new digital media and public spaces.
Txt & pics
https://medium.com/@ArtourGlitch/artour-glitch-77146330d533
Video
https://vimeo.com/99483521 (trailer)
https://vimeo.com/99506125
Made with Bugspot Hacking Device
http://bugspot.cc
Produced by Reframed lab
www.reframed.cc
