Web as Performance Space

Work:: Web as Performance Space (S374318127)

Kelli Dipple, Coco Fusco & Ricardo Dominguez, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Kristin Lucas, Tina La Porta This exhibition draws parallels between the web as a new arena for performance and the early years of video as a performance tool. From the creation of online identities such as Agent Ruby, the artificial intelligence 'web agent' in the work of Lynn Hershman Leeson, to Tina La Porta's exploration of the impact the internet has on the expression of identity, the show presents a spectrum of approaches to performance on the web. Performance artist Kelli Dipple shows a range of distributed performance works via her site gravelrash.net. Coco Fusco and Ricardo Dominguez' net. performance Dolores from 10h to 22h re-stages a true story which took place in a Mexican factory while in Involuntary Reception, Kristin Lucas performs as a young woman with an enormous electro-magnetic pulse field.

Listing:: L01106456666

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