When the Korea Web Art Festival commissioned a new online work, we did a little hack. No one, including the curator, knew about our plans. On the opening night, we logged into the exhibition website and exploited a small security flaw to swap the names of the artworks.
The artworks were not altered, but anyone who visited the exhibition was imperceptibly redirected to another work instead of seeing the one they had chosen. The altered version remained visible for a few hours until the vulnerability was fixed and the exhibition was restored.
The code transcript of the work:
We were intrigued by the idea of ​​performing online, but unfortunately, the action had catastrophic consequences. The Korean Ministry of Culture took the drastic step of firing the curator and canceling the festival, and some of the artists felt cheated. A heated online debate erupted, touching on ownership, the potential of online art, censorship, and identity.