Automatic Update
June 27–September 3, 2007 The dot-com era infused media art with a heady energy. Hackers, programmers, and tinkerer-revisionists from North America, Europe, and Asia developed a vision of art drawn from the technology of recent decades. Robotic pets, PDAs, and the virtual worlds on the Internet provoked artists to make works with user-activated components and lo-res, game-boy screens. Now that "new media" excitement has waned, an exhibition that illuminates the period is timely. Automatic Update is the first reassessment of its kind, reflecting the artists' ambivalence to art, revealed through the ludicrous, comical, and absurd use of the latest technologies.
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Introduction to the Exhibition: Automatic Update
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Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. 33 Questions per Minute. 2001-2002
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Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. The origins of 33 Questions per Minute.
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Jennifer and Kevin McCoy. Our Second Date. 2004
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Jennifer and Kevin McCoy. The miniatures in Our Second Date.
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Cory Arcangel. Two Key-stoned Projectors (one upside down). 2002
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Paul Pfeiffer. John 3:16. 2000
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Xu Bing. Book From the Ground. 2007
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Xu Bing's Thoughts on a Universal Language