PONG.mythos

Opening: Friday, 10 February 2006, 19:00 11 February - 30 April 2006 Württembergischen Kunstverein, Stuttgart http://pong-mythos.net

An exhibition about one ball, two bats and our life in a digital world

[The Project] From 11 February to 30 April 2006 the Wuerttemberg Art Association in Stuttgart hosts the premiere PONG.mythos exhibition, curated by Andreas Lange. PONG.mythos presents over 30 works that revolve around the computer game Pong. Pong, in the early 70s, turned the simple game of tennis into the signal for the emergence of the computer game industry. Since then, it has developed from its historical origin in game halls to an important social, scientific and cultural reference system.[...]