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Hybrids (1998)

We mixed existing works of Net Art that we had copied with other materials from the Net. After downloading all the elements of a page, we would tinker with the source code, adding and removing bits of code and checking the result in the browser, often relying on conflicting code and syntax errors. The irony is that many of the original websites have disappeared over time, making our “pirated” versions the only ones in existence.

 

 

Eva & Franco Mattes, Hybrids

%20LocationAL
Heath Bunting’s Irational.org homepage overlayed by a page by Jodi, whose typical color style – bright green text on black background – overwrites Bunting’s colors.

 

 

Eva & Franco Mattes, Hybrids

OOOI: OOOI: OOOI:
Vuk Cosic’s homepage repeated twice, with added horizontal background red line. Also in the background is a text by legendary artist Netochka Nezvanova.

 

 

Eva & Franco Mattes, Hybrids

%20File-160.45.118
Background image by Jodi, mixed with 3 high pitched sounds and graphic from king.dom.de.

 

 

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%20Quit
Texts and colors by king.dom.de, with added scroll and background color scripts.

 

 

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b7709790790c77
Background and foreground images by Jodi, text by Jodi – coming from one of their source codes – and Netochka Nezvanova.

 

 

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pyjama
Triple frameset incorporating pages by Jodi, king.dom.de and Netochka Nezvanova.

 

 

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ART.TELEPORTACIA first \\ 0f0003.masch!n3nkunzt.m9ndfukc.980 real net art gallery
Olia Lialina’s Art.Teleportacia mixed with words by Netochka Nezvanova. Random scrolling JavaScript “smak32” also by Netochka Nezvanova.

 

 

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Index of| 0 f 0 0 0 3 | u n e v e n t f u l + + v e r s ! o n | /~you
Alexei Shulgin’s “Bla-Bla Sites” mixed with one image and the typical colors of Netochka Nezvanova – gray text on “Black Russian” color background.

 

 

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Index of /~you%20Wrong
Jodi’s classic “404” overlaid with Alexei Shulgin’s “Bla-Bla Sites”. The page background color changes every time it’s reloaded, and 404 changes to random numbers on mouse on.

 

 

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Untitled
Alexei Shulgin’s ” Form Art” mixed with Vuk Cosic’s 1 x 1 pixel black & white blinking animated gif. The gif is repeated and enlarged to a 100 x 100 pixels size.

 

 

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\\ 0f0003.772p7712c698c6986c6986966o6966696E\A\S\Y\L\I\F\E\.930
Alexei Shulgin “ASCII porn” mixed with one image and “smak32” scrolling script by Netochka Nezvanova. If you wait long enough the right frame will eventually open another page featuring an angry email Netochka Nezvanova sent us, after we attempted – and failed – to copy a protected script from one of their websites.

 

 

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A B C: Beautiful.3rtd%3f.gif page 3
Background image by Netochka Nezvanova, foreground animation by Alexei Shulgin.

 

 

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_____P____O_R_T_A___L
Background animation and computer gif image by Kalx, overlaid with animations by OoOoOoOo.org. Both websites are now defunct.

 

 

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function makeArray(n)
One of the few pages we built without using other artists’ materials. It features multiple frames with a “makeArray” function we transcribed from a JavaScript programming manual.

 

 

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Own, Be Owned Or %20Quit.
Olia Lialina page mixed with the text of an article on Heath Bunting and corrupted ASCII code.

 

 

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00101
A page in which the browser appearance and the page’s source code are exactly the same.

 

 

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Untitled
An annoying page that opens another page, which opens another page, which opens another page forever. Now it only works if you disable the pop-ups block function in your browser.

 

 

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Processing . . . [0]
Texts from the 7-11 mailing list, overlayed to each other, floating following the mouse movements.

 

 

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__________ %20Map \\ m9ndfukc :: m_13 %20Quit %20Disconnected
Jodi’s map image and colors mixed with a text by Netochka Nezvanova, animated gifs by OoOoOoOo.org and the 7-11 Net Art mailing list entire index.

 

 

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Untitled
The frameset is split horizontally into 2 frames, every 2 seconds each frame open the double frameset so the page is than recursively split into 4 pages, than 8, than 16, than 32 and on and on until the browser will eventually crash.

 

 

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__________
Background with JavaScript random color generator, with 3 layered animated gifs by OoOoOoOo.org

 

 

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“HSRESET” (-6002)
Collection of Mac OS errors screenshots

 

 

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vieweratstar67@yahoo.com
The Yahoo! logo and Warhol’s Campbell’s animated gif were sent us by MTAA – M. River and T. Whid – through an email titled “A fun examination of the commercialization of cyberspace”. We embedded the logo as background image, so the HTML page would automatically tile it endlessly filling up the whole screen at any given resolution and aspect ratio, giving it a “Warholian” vibe. This idea will form the base of the series “New Free” (2000-01).

 

 

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cache146178.html
A looping sequence of 2 pages featuring 8 missing images of different sizes.

 

 

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CHEAP www.ÚÂÎÂÔÓÚË.org APPLAUSE
Mix of extremely enlarged texts and icons from Olia Lialina’s Art Teleportacia

 

 

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Untitled Document

 

 

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193.141.180.35
Green server logs from 0100101110101101.org overlayed on “default grey” background.

 

 

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Nasdaq.com Copyright, Disclaimer, Trademarks/Servicemarks and Privacy Statement
Nasdaq data charts free floating and overlapping on each other.

 

 

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UYIOUd./ / / / / /ST Ov _ h./ / / / / /ST Ov _ e./ / / / / UYIOUd./ / / / / /ST Ov _ h./ /

 

 

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A B C: 0lja-Ljaljin-ah!
Olia Lialina’s “Teleporation Error” animated gif and texts mixed with scrolling frames from Alexei Shulgin’s “Domain name Poetry”.

 

 

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delivery delay notification / Zustellverzoegerung
A form featuring fast-overlapping delivery delay notification messages from a server that was refusing our emails as spam.

 

 

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JavaScript “fuckx” scroll function by Netochka Nezvanova mixed with abstract ASCII characters and bright colors.