*Trampoline* *and Future Factory **present:*
*Heath Bunting – The Status Project*
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Heath Bunting’s Status Project is an interactive online artwork that
reflects upon issues of identity, data protection and privacy. Future
Factory and Trampoline have commissioned the artist to develop this work
further. The project will be launched as part of Trampoline’s Radiator
Festival for New Technology Art in November 2007. As a precursor to
this, a Live Lecture accompanied by a presentation of works will be
hosted by Broadway in May 2007.
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*Live Lecture *
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*Friday 18th of May 2007 at 11am*
Broadway, Cinema 1 , 14-18 Broad St, Nottingham NG1 3AL
Admission free
Heath Bunting will give a presentation on his work with focus on the
Status Project.
*Presented Works*
*BorderXing Guide *– Heath Bunting and Kayle Brandon, 2001
Broadway Café Bar
Slideshow
Throughout May, starts daily at 4 pm
And BorderXing Guide on computer in Broadway Foyer, 14 - 20 May
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*Status Project *– Heath Bunting, 2004
Broadway Foyer on computer, 14 - 20 May
*BorderXing Guide – Heath Bunting and Kayle Brandon, 2001*
In 2000 Heath Bunting and Kayle Brandon crossed 24 of the 26 European
borders without a passport using wilderness routes, thus avoiding
official border posts. During the several months long project, Bunting
and Brandon documented exact details about each crossing’s location,
strategy, availability of food and where to get help, resulting in the
BorderXing Guide now found on the internet.
*Status Project – Heath Bunting, 2004*
“The Status Project is an expert system for identity mutation” says net
art pioneer, Heath Bunting. Presently available as an online database,
it forces the user to describe themselves through a set of multiple
choice questions. While the Status Project currently maps the systems
that control our documented identities, Heath is developing software
which guides us through the process of building and modifying these
official documents. With effects in the real world – ranging from
getting a Tesco club card to appearing on the electoral register, the
artists’ ultimate aim is to apply for a passport with his new identity.
http://status.irational.org/
While BorderXing comments on the way movement from one country to the
next is restricted by governments and border authorities, the Status
Project looks at how the construction of our ‘official identity’ – a
collection of data – influences how we can move around in social space.
What this ultimately shows is how our everyday environment and virtual
space - the internet, private or governmental databases and networks –
are inseparably woven with each other forming a densely controlled
actuality.
http://www.irational.org/heath/
http://www.trampoline.org.uk/ <http://www.trampoline.org.uk/>
http://www.radiator-festival.org/
http://www.future-factory.com/
Supported by:
Arts Council England <http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/>
Thanks to:
Broadway <http://www.broadway.org.uk/>, The Gamut
<http://www.gamut.org.uk/>
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