”P2P Art - The aesthetics of ephemerality.”

Art made for - and only available on - the peer to peer networks.
The original artwork is first shared by the artist until one other user has downloaded it.
After that the artwork will be available for as long as other users share it.

The original file and all the material used to create it are deleted by the artist.

”There's no original”

A project from Swedish artist Anders Weberg.

Feel free to don't or download the film, watch it and share it for as long as you like. Or delete it immediately.
The aesthetics of ephemerality.


News
On August 08 2008 a fourth film with the title 08.08.08 will be released and deleted on the p2p networks.

T R A N S I E N T

A 45 minute experimental non-linear film
by Anders Weberg.

This film and all the files used creating it was deleted 2007/09/15

info
Releasedate: 2007/09/15
Runtime: 45 min
Genre: experimental film
Codec: XviD
Size: 277MB
Video and sound: Anders Weberg
Transient[2007]by.Anders.Weberg.P2P-ART.com.XviD.avi

Also available as 3gp file for your mobile phone.

MPEG 4 Video
174x144
Mono, 16 kbps, 8kHz
Size: 26MB
Transient[2007]by.Anders.Weberg.P2P-ART.com.3GPP.3gp

to download search for:
Transient[2007]by.Anders.Weberg.P2P-ART.com.XviD.avi

F I L T E R

A 73 minute experimental non-linear film
by Anders Weberg.

This film and all the files used creating it was deleted
2006/09/15

info
Releasedate: 2006/09/15
Runtime: 73 min
Genre: experimental film
Codec: XviD
Size: 699MB
Video and sound: Anders Weberg
Filter[2006]by.Anders.Weberg.P2P-ART.com.XviD.avi

Also available as 3gp file for your mobile phone.

MPEG 4 Video
174x144
Mono, 16 kbps, 8kHz
Size: 39MB
Filter[2006]by.Anders.Weberg.P2P-ART.com.3GPP.3gp

to download search for:
Filter[2006]by.Anders.Weberg.P2P-ART.com.XviD.avi

"Filter is fully based on the emotions that I experienced in the beginning of
2006 when I woke up one night and found my son unconscious on the floor.
A couple of minutes passed by until I could bring him back.
The fear and desperation I felt during this time is what the film is all about."



To download the full version visit vuze.com

June 2008
Article in Digimag by Valentina Tanni.
(Italian only)

"Weberg’s work is resolutely anti-collectable (which sets him at odds with increasing numbers of film and video artists)
in the literal destruction of the idea of the ‘precious original’."

"It’s easy to understand why people are getting excited about this. It appears to be fulfilling long-promised claims
about ‘the real nature of the Net’ to ‘act as a forum for collective memory and imagination practiced by different
groups in different configurations in extended real-time’."
Danni Zuvela

from the article Some notes on the network published in the Australian contemporary art publication Machine issue 2.4 2007

"This is a bold and interesting move on the part of the film-maker, putting trust in the work and the power of those sharing
files via peer to peer networks such as BitTorrent.
It is at once a meditation on the ephemeral nature of art, and a blind leap of faith."
Michael Pick

from the article "How P2P Networks Are Transforming The Creative Landscape"
article in Spanish, Italian, Russian

"So the guy really is a true "P2P artist."
His artwork lives and dies according to the whims and desires of the P2P community,
Who knew that we had our very own art gallery in the wild-west that is P2P.
While we weren't looking somebody hung a painting over the saloon piano
and it is now slowly being noticed for what it means and represents."
Jon Newton

from the article "BitTorrent Gets Artsy"