November 18, 2008

Continuous Partial Awareness

Cory Arcangel's trailer for his performance at the New Museum 11/14/08:



Arcangel explains (quoting an unnamed other), "'you know, like, when you have 3 IM windows open, 2 email inboxs dinging away, are txting 5 different people, and also have 5 tabs open on your browser, each with updated content.' . . . It is different from multitasking, because with multitasking, one actually is expected to concentrate on tasks at some point, even if in small doses.

". . . . I still dont know how this performance will take shape, . . . but what I do know is that the feeling of 'non-concentration' that has seeped into today's life through our flat screen displays and wifi will be its starting point."

He opened a new solo show the same nite at Team Gallery.

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