The Electronic Man: A Global Performance.

Renee Carmichael interviews Salvatore Iaconesi and Oriana Persico from, Art is Open Source (AOS) and the international think-tank FakePress, about their recent project The Electronic Man.

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"You Are Now the Electronic Man" are the words that appear before even opening the website for The Electronic Man, a project initiated by Salvatore Iaconesi and Oriana Persico of Art is Open Source (AOS) and FakePress. And by becoming part of The Electronic Man, sharing your emotions as they become linked through QR Codes and help to build the frame of The Electronic Man, you are participating in a real time global performance. We discuss AOS's ideas and intentions, regarding their activities of performance and use of technology, and methods of engagement with anthropology and biology.
This real time global performance relates to conceptual experiments in remixing reality and creating new sensual experiences with technology. The email interview took place after their recent exhibition at Furtherfield's gallery in London, REFF - REMIX THE WORLD! REINVENT REALITY! (http://tinyurl.com/66mb85e), February, March 2011, and during their current project The Electronic Man, part of the ADD Festival in Italy 2011 (http://www.addfestival.com/).
Renee graduated from Goldsmiths with a Masters in Interactive Media: Critical Theory and Practice. Her most recent work arose from working with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) support groups to intrepret their perception of objects within the home alongside theories of discreteness and technology. She is currently interested in exploring relationships between food, data and technology.
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