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A la recherche du temps perdu @ Miklova galerija

October 16th, 2008

A la recherche du temps perdu @ YOU OWN ME NOW UNTIL YOU FORGET ABOUT ME.

OPENING RECEPTION: 16 October 2008, 7 pm
EXHIBITION DURATION: 17 October - 10 November 2008
HOSTING INSTITUTION: Galerija Miklova hisa, http://www.miklovahisa.si
LOCATION: Skrabcev trg 21, 1310 Ribnica, Slovenia
WEBSITE: http://www.youownmenow.net
CURATORS: Birgit Rinagl, Franz Thalmair/CONT3XT.NET

A la recherche du temps perdu
Performance mit / with Valie Djordjevic

In the homonymous performance Marcel Proust’s novel “À la recherche du temps perdu” is first coded into zeros and ones and then decoded back into human language — processed from the analogue to the digital and back again. The zeros and ones are read by two persons alternately, interpreted by a third representing a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and stuck onto the wall panel by a fourth as Display. The performers play computer with the ASCII-version of this originally literary text.
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A la recherche du temps perdu @ Moderna galerija Ljubljana

May 8th, 2008

YOU OWN ME NOW UNTIL YOU FORGET ABOUT ME.
Opening reception 15 May 2008, 8 p.m.
Exhibition duration 16 May 2008 - 22 June 2008
Mala galerija—Moderna galerija, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenska cesta 35
Curated by Birgit Rinagl & Franz Thalmair / CONT3XT.NET
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A la recherche du temps perdu
Performance mit / with Valie DjordjevicIn the homonymous performance Marcel Proust’s novel “À la recherche du temps perdu” is first coded into zeros and ones and then decoded back into human language — processed from the analogue to the digital and back again. The zeros and ones are read by two persons alternately, interpreted by a third representing a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and stuck onto the wall panel by a fourth as Display. The performers play computer with the ASCII-version of this originally literary text.
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