++++++++++++++++++++++++++ :: carlos katastrofsky - news :: http://katastrofsky.cont3xt.net :: 02/2008 :: march 11, 2008
++++++++++++++++++++++++++ CONTENT: [WORK] OPUS MAGNUM [WORK] VALUE ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ [WORK] OPUS MAGNUM on march 11, 2008 the vienna-based media artist carlos katastrofsky presented his newest work "opus magnum" within the context of "the game is up! - frictiesalon" organised by vooruit arts centre vzw (ghent, belgium). carlos katastrofsky belongs to a young austrian scene of media artists researching the production, distribution and consumption of artistic processes on the Internet and investigating typical practices of the art business such as curating, selling and exhibiting art and how this machinery can be applied to the virtual landscape. after questioning the redundant mechanisms of digital communication between over-consumption and total denial in the works "ephemerals" and "last wishes" in 2007 the artist now gets back to his personal roots of artistic creation. in his newest work "opus magnum" he calls himself the "biggest artist in centuries". in one single night of creative blast he created nearly seventeen million unique paintings done in a truly minimalistic manner, strictly monochrome, color by color, number by number, monotonously contemplative, nearly endlessly. to honour katastrofsky's approach to the conceptual strategies in painting by names as on kawara and to time-based techniques as applied by roman opalka all seventeen million paintings are shown on his website. what can be see by refreshing the page are randomly displayed virtual reproductions of each painting's colour, from red and green to blue and all shadings in between. the reductionist originals can be purchased on the website by the number the reproduction for only 300 euros (currently approx. USD 450) each. http://katastrofsky.cont3xt.net/opusmagnum ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ [WORK] VALUE value asks for the value of an artwork. presented at the the game is up! festival in ghent/belgium in march 2008. the work was made in an edition of 30 pieces for 5 euros each and could be bought at one of the vendingmachines at the vooruit arts centre. http://katastrofsky.cont3xt.net/value/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ this is a newsletter by carlos katastrofsky. if you do not want to receive information anymore please reply with "NO newsletter". thank you. -- rohrpost - deutschsprachige Liste zur Kultur digitaler Medien und Netze Archiv: http://www.nettime.org/rohrpost http://post.openoffice.de/pipermail/rohrpost/ Ent/Subskribieren: http://post.openoffice.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rohrpost/