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"Everywhere there are corners, nooks and crannies, blurred margins of attention, where technological installations are leading an unnoticed yet effectual existence. To these places art should withdraw, into there it should penetrate. Like a secret agent, art would have to sneak into the taciturn world of boxes, sockets and switches, of automatic door mechanisms, remote control and alarm systems." | |
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These phrases are a quotation from "Everywhere", a part of Richard Schindler's website "Picture This Now." And though his reflections on what art could and should be are expressed as a desideratum, they are at the same time an exact description of what he has created on his website "Picture This". We are very glad to present a selection of his pages in our Gallery, since they are truly sophisticated and subtle experiments making use of WWW techniques and potentialities AND at the same time give visitors a lot of pleasure. |
Aesthetically pleasing and full of surprises, the eight sections and pages we present are nevertheless no perfunctory ornaments, but concise analytic investigations: on language and etymology, on semantics and congealed patterns of perception. And they are full of wittiness, though often not at first glance. "Seasource" for instance plays around with the meaning of the word "source" in different contexts. And visitors who think to look at the document source, normally comprising nothing but confusing HTML-tags, will be surprised to find here a variety of quotations and text material dealing with the real sources -- organisational philosophies? economic profits? -- of large computer companies. | |
Richard Schindler is an artist living and working in Freiburg, in Southern Germany. In 1987 he transformed his studio into a communicative space by initiating the "Freiburg Studio Talks", which have occurred at irregular intervals ever since. Fellow artists and guests have participated in these talks. The idea came about as an attempt to transpose his and his colleagues' work to another place, the Internet. | |
PRIVATE EYE ON ART VISUAL ARTS "is a first endeavor. Committed to a common good it represents a purely subjective version of the imaginable," the artist tells us. | |
Enjoy our Special Exhibit Picture This Now! |
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And if you would like to see: - Richard Schindler's website "Private Eye on Art" - more pages from his www-section "Picture This now" - his works of art (installations, performances, objects) - a great list of art-related links - the gallery of "Private Eye on Art" - contemporary artworks: paintings of 143 artists - infos about art life in Freiburg in the Black Forest go to: Private Eye on Art |
Exhibit design and © for all presented graphics: Richard Schindler Introduction and adaptation for The Fine Site: Gerd Marstedt |