[rohrpost] 217.174.192.66

[Wolfgang Staehle]

217.174.192.66

A presentation by Gr=E9goire Maisonneuve

Sunday, February 24, 7pm (19h)
at THE THING, 601 West 26th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10001

artists net projects - starting with=20
patrick bernier, ludovic burel, dr-brady, claude closky,=20
rainer ganahl, jan kopp, gianni motti, t=E9l=E9f=E9rique

217.174.192.66 is a private initiative - a desire -
which, from its production to its promotion, intends
to be accompanied by artistic projects specifically
developed for the Internet.=20

217.174.192.66 is a platform for artistic proposals.
Willed by its commissioner, Gr=E9goire Maisonneuve, to be a
work of art in itself, the interface of 217.174.192.66
is the fruit of a collaboration with the artist
Patrick Bernier and the computer programmer Jean-No=EBl
Lafargue. Minimal graphics, access without preliminary
navigation, no links or intermediate pages, neither
menu nor alphabetical list. Just art. The
particularity of 217.174.192.66 is shared time. At any
given hour, one project and one project only can be
consulted. In order to discover other projects, one
must take the time to come back. This restriction is
incentive for lingering over one project instead of
skimming over many. The manner in which the projects
appear on the screen is pre-programmed. Movement is
perpetual.=20

At present, the looped program containing this first
visible body of work must be able to thrive.
217.174.192.66 is an invitation to support artistic
production on the Net and to support the presence of
artists in this domain which is becoming more and more real.

The projects produced by Patrick Bernier, Ludovic
Burel and T=E9l=E9f=E9rique were produced by and for
217.174.192.66. Those by Claude Closky, the Collection
Yoon Ja & Paul Devautour, Rainer Ganahl, Jan Kopp and
Gianni Motti were a sign of encouragement for artists
and for the initiative of 217.174.192.66.

http://217.174.192.66