P2P ART - A project from Anders Weberg

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”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 started in 2006. 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.		ANDERS WEBERG // ARTIST // FILM MAKER (b.1968) Anders is an artist and filmmaker working in video, sound, new media and installations and he is primarily concerned with identity. The human body lies at the root of projects that formally and conceptually chart identity and its construction as a preamble to broaching matters of violence, genders, memory, loss or ideology in which personal experiences co-exists with references to popular culture, the media and consumerism. Specializing in digital technologies, he aims to mix genres and ways of expression to explore the potential of audio visual media. Currently based in the small coastal town of Ängelholm in the south of Sweden and has exhibited at numerous art festivals, galleries, and museums internationally, including: Biennale of Sydney 2008, Sydney, Australia; Transmediale08, Berlin, Germany; File Brazil 07-08, São Paulo, Brazil; [10th] Japan Media Arts Festival, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan; 13th Barcelona International Festival of Advanced Music and Multimedia Art, Sonar, Barcelona, Spain; Scope New York, US; Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC), Santa Fe, Argentina; Pocket Films in Paris, Centre Pompidou, Paris; The 2nd Art and Science International Exhibition and Symposium, Beijing, China; etc. see http://www.andersweberg.com for full info. some of my other online projects: http://www.surrealscania.se http://www.beingthere.se http://www.domesticsafari.com	Exhibitions Video Vortex 3 Ankara The P2P ART Project in group exhibition with Perry Bard, Caterina Davinio, Martijn Hendriks, Keith Deverell and Seth Keen, Dan Oki, Xurban, curated by Andreas Treske at FADA Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey. October 10-12, 2008. Press Article in Extravaganze no 59 magazine. Article in Belgian magazine Knack. Article and Interview in Italian New Media Art Magazine Digicult magazine by Valentina Tanni. Article How P2P Networks Are Transforming The Creative Landscape Gonzalo de Pedro writes about the P2P Art Project in the Publico newspaper. Article in Spanish film magazine CAHIERS DU CINEMA. From Italian New Media Art magazine Neural. Making scarcity a thing of the past Issue 30, 2008, Jonah Brucker-Cohen.
0 8 0 8 0 8 A 8hour 8minute and 8seconds long audio visual excursion by Anders Weberg. This film and all the files used creating was deleted 2008/08/08 info Releasedate: 2008/08/08 Runtime: 8hours 8minutes 8seconds Genre: experimental Codec: XviD Size: 5723MB Video and sound: Anders Weberg 080808[2008]by.Anders.Weberg.P2P-ART.com.XviD.avi no links available to download search for: 080808[2008]by.Anders.Weberg.P2P-ART.com.XviD.avi [Short excerpt] 080808[2008]by.Anders.Weberg.P2P-ART.com.[excerpt] Uppladdat av recycled_swe	E M P H A S I S A 60 minute audio visual excursion by Anders Weberg. This film and all the files used creating it was deleted 2008/03/16 info Releasedate: 2008/03/16 Runtime: 60 min Genre: experimental Codec: XviD Size: 700MB Video and sound: Anders Weberg Emphasis[2008]by.Anders.Weberg.P2P-ART.com.XviD.avi torrent Also available as 3gp file for your mobile phone. MPEG 4 Video 174x144 Mono, 16 kbps, 8kHz Size: 33MB Emphasis[2008]by.Anders.Weberg.P2P-ART.com.3GPP.3gp to download search for: Emphasis[2008]by.Anders.Weberg.P2P-ART.com.XviD.avi [Short excerpt]	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 torrent 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 torrent 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
from the article Some notes on the network published in the Australian contemporary art publication Machine issue 2.4 2007 "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 "How P2P Networks Are Transforming The Creative Landscape" article in Spanish, Italian, Russian "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 "BitTorrent Gets Artsy" "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

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