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Biennale.py feedback
«A virus especially written for the Biennale di Venezia, "a contemporary art temple", is going to be spread on the Internet later this week» P.D.M, Content Wire
«During the last Venice Biennale, a computer virus entered into the network system of the exhibition. The organisation got into a panic when it started to reproduce itself endlessly. They soon realised that the cause of the infection, the computer virus called Biennale.py, was to become Art History. For the first time, a computer virus was conceived and used as an aesthetic action, becoming a work of art itself: the Virus Art had been created» Rafael Cippolini, Clarin
«The announcement of this piece of net.art has caused a kind of sensation, and a big crowd came to the opening in order to see the virus» Cornelia Sollfrank, Telepolis
«At 7 PM the Slovenian Pavilion officially opens its doors. The chaos breaks out. Journalists with recorders, televisions with microphones. Everybody hunting the virus» Alessandra C., la Stampa
«The mythical curator of the Biennale, Harald Szeemann, says they're right and in a TV interview declares: "it's the most innovative project of this edition"» R. Bosco - S. Caldana, El Pais
«It's a real computer virus created by artists, good hackers, that is so effective to be listed by Norton Utilities among negative and infective viruses for the computer» Levante
«There's only one difference in comparison to a "classical" computer virus: the name of its creators is written among its 47 lines of code. A way to go ahead openly in order to "sign" the spreading» Annick Rivoire, Liberation
«If a thief leaves a note saying he's sorry, do we feel better? No! Doing things that are socially undesirable in the name of art does not redeem the act» Jason Catlett, president of Junkbusters, Wired
«Exploring viruses as a natural form of communication between machines is certainly fascinating» P.D.M , Content Wire
«To talk about contemporary culture, you have to be able to use all kinds of expressions of contemporary culture. So a virus can be considered a legitimate art form» Lisa Jevbratt, teacher of media art at San Jose State University, Wired
«Viewers can witness someone else's system crashing and files being corrupted, in real time, as if it were a creepy performance» Reena Jana, Wired
«So if a virus created in the name of "art" ever infects you, I guess you won't complain about it. Come to think about it, I'm sure some aspiring Dadaist has taken the cue and is busy creating some more viruses right now» CM Evans
«I don't think the exhibition glorifies the creation of destructive viruses; on the contrary, most hackers abhor the development of malicious viruses that cause trouble and damage. However, the exhibition does recognise the intellectual work involved in the mastery of code and celebrates those artists who can create a new form of literature» James Bradburne, director of the Museum of Applied Arts Frankfurt, on Wired
«The Art World's New Bad Boys» Matthew Mirapaul, New York Times
«We have not heard about this virus! They're exploiting the idea that anti-virus vendors have been made aware of it! Distributing a virus as "art" - if indeed that's the plan - is not the best idea. Even if anti-virus products protect against it, they are adding to a problem rather than entertaining/enlightening/illuminating the world in a positive artistic way» Graham Cluley, senior technical consultant at Sophos, Content Wire
«Provocation to the nth degree. The most unprejudiced will be able to buy the computer virus, indeed making an off the wall economic investment» Loredana Mascheroni, Shift
«You people are pathetic fools. Do you truly believe that a virus is art? Innovative, perhaps. Interesting, maybe. But art? No. I'm not even saying what you're doing is dangerous. It's just stupid and petty. Find yourself a real medium to work with or get a real job, 'cause this ain't art» Douglas Trimble
«The artists have created a mini-hysteria over their piece. More than 1,400 of the shirts have been sold at $15 apiece. And they've sold three CD-ROMs, at $1,500 each (the collectors chose to remain unnamed for legal reasons). Yet the potentially damaging code is available for free on the artists' homepages» Reena Jana, Wired
«These radical artists are in the Venice Biennale... they are selling their work... 0100101110101101.ORG have taken-over as most famous net artists by criticising fame...» Sarah Thompson, Easyweb
«Is it Art? Do you care? It is skillfully crafted; it has a poetic component; in its expression it is a statement about Art. But if it's Art, it may be the most aggressive self-replicating piece of art I've ever seen» Pike van Kemenade, Deaf 04
«If exciting attention should be one of the principal purposes of the art, this was perfectly realised here» W.C.H., Öeh |
