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Films (2008) - Charles Broskoski

Films (2008) - Charles Broskoski

By John Michael Boling on Thursday, March 12th, 2009 at 11:20 am.


The piece explores internet-time, or how time passes on the internet, by providing a contrast to immediacy of online media. On his site, eight well known films (Pulp Fiction, Terminator 2 and When Harry Met Sally among them) play continuously on a fixed daily schedule whether users visit the site or not. The screen is black save only for the subtitles of the dialog.

-- FROM PRESS RELEASE

Currently on view at Postmasters Gallery in New York

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2 Comments

Comment by Genny
April 9, 2009 11:10 pm
That was the most amazing thing I have seen online in quite some time. I must have watched for at least 20 minutes. It really engaged my mind trying to separate the characters. Genny
 
Comment by Alan
April 11, 2009 5:41 am
Thats a pretty wierd idea. i like it. I wonder what his bandwidth is like because when I had a movie playing non stop on my elottery website it choked up the bandwidth.
Alan - lottery
 

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