CONNECTED is a networked work in the form of a website. A number shows the number of people connected at the same time and at the same URL, that of the website. This indicator is accompanied by a text that the artist has put in several languages. Visitors can update the site and see how many people are connected at any time.
The text says: « CONNECTED is an online artwork that I installed on August 1st, 2003.
CONNECTED questions the importance of being nothing but connected in mass (or not) via a communication network like the Internet.If the number of connected person(s) is equal to 1, then you are the only connected person to this site. Should this number increase, then know that a collective and a common presence exists now and is really here.
CONNECTED questions the importance of being nothing but connected in mass (or not) via a communication network like the Internet.If the number of connected person(s) is equal to 1, then you are the only connected person to this site. Should this number increase, then know that a collective and a common presence exists now and is really here.
If the number of connected person(s) is equal to 1, then you are the only connected person to this site. Should this number increase, then know that a collective and a common presence exists now and is really here.
Having the conscience of being alone or many, is what I invite you to think of and feel via CONNECTED. »
The artist assigns the domain name of the artwork to the buyer, registering the domain name as well as the space of the hosting of the artwork in the name of the latter. In this way, the collector will have his name in the register of the domain name, which will publicly give him the status of « Owner ». The name of the acquirer is thus “pasted” to any diffusion of the work.
