die verschwundene galerie | local task 2003 - net art

Zones of Attentiveness
Galleries are, as the mat of a painting, the frame and the wall, zones of attention. Masks which offer a center of focus. Who places such structures in the province? Who keeps them going and takes care of them? Of course there are places dedicated to such endeavors. Some are prepared quite half heartedly, others very consequently.

It can be a really lonely weekend, if you have to sit around to keep your own exhibition open someplace in the province. Probably in some locale where the works will always remain second rate. Sometimes draped over some old temporary display wall, which can only be set up behind the main attractions of the locale. Sometimes in hallways which are squeezed between doors.

The opposite is true in the county center where art is presented in an appropriate niveau. Room for attentiveness.

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In respect to this backround it is an exciting prospect to shrink the necessary structures in order to have them easier to handle. Also to minimize the efforts involved. The question of personnel must be dealt with yet. And the problem of the doorman. There are any number of good reasons for extending into the internet.

So now we have a miniature gallery, whose function will be given over to the internet. There is no specific place- and no personnel problem. The demands for structural resources have been reduced to a minimum. The main efforts can be given over to the computer.

The intentions will be branched out towards the private sector through a series of printed cards. Above all due to the impossible to be simulated tactile quality of such works. (An option is a further branching out into the area of radio.)

Martin Krusche

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