Artists: Kenneth Hung and Dr. Optimator
Production date: Oct. 25, 2002
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START YOUR WAR AGAINST TERRORISM FROM YOUR HOME TODAY!
NOW YOU CAN CONTROL GADGETS IN YOUR HOME FROM ANYWHERE AROUND THE WORLD REAL TIME!
60x1 operates in two ways. The installation utilizes web technology to examine the voyeuristic nature of internet
surfing as well as the conflicting relationship of virtual and given reality. The gallery itself is monitored by three separate
web cams and streamed online at http://www.111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111.com.
The devises in the room, a blender, massage chair, a television, emergency and strobe lights are all controlled over the
internet in real time by people watching the galley from anywhere in the world. Within a context of increased National Security
and observation, this use of technology poses questions of power, choice, and privacy in a media that is largely unchecked.
This project is currently part of the "Bay Area Now 3" show at Yerba Buena Center Of The Arts, San Francisco, U.S.A.
Link:
http://www.111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111.com.
KENNETH TIN-KIN HUNG
Born in Hong Kong, now residing in San Francisco, Kenneth Hung obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Arts degree from San Francisco State University in May 2001. The media Kenneth experiments with include internet art, interactive installation, video, sound and performance art.
Some of the venues Kenneth was invited to exhibit at include Yerba Buena Center Of The Arts (San Francisco, USA), Cartwrighthall Art Gallery (Bradford, United Kingdom), C.S.O.A. COX18 (Milan, Italy), Angouleme Comix Festival (Angouleme, France), L.A. Freewaves Festival of Experimental Media Arts (Los Angeles, U.S.A.), Fumetto Comix Festival (Luzern, Switzerland), and Stuttgarter Filmwinter Festival For Expanded Media (Stuttgart, Germany), to name a few.
His web-site “60X1.com” (http://www.111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111.com) has culminated over 28 million hits since it debut and has set the highest records of traffic at the history of the webhosting company MediaTemple.net. The website won the “VIPER International Award- Internet” in the 2002 VIPER Internationales Festival Für Film Video Und Neue Medien (Basel, Switzerland), was given an “Honorary Mention- Net Excellence” in the 2002 Prix Ars Electronica (Linz, Austria) and included as an permanent collection at Museum Of Applied Arts Frankfurt ( Frankfurt, Germany). His works was reviewed by major newspapers including Liberation (France), Le Monde (France), El Pais (Spain) and La Repubblica (Italy).
Hung’s up to-date resume can be found at http://www.tinkin.com/resume.html
For more information on Kenneth, please visit his websites:
http://www.tinkin.com
http://www.111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111.com
http://www.GlobalElection.org
http://www.60cam.com
http://www.lovesicko.com
http://www.BradfordRivers.net
marc garrett