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01 Manuela Barth &
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Felix Stephan Huber
03 Christin Lahr
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Kristin Lucas
05 Bjørn Melhus
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Anny Özturk
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01 Manuela Barth &
Barbara U. Schmidt

02 
Felix Stephan Huber
03 Christin Lahr
04 
Kristin Lucas
05 Bjørn Melhus
06 
Anny Özturk
07 
Paul M. Smith
08 
Milica Tomiç
 
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Kristin Lucas :: Host :: video
ZKM Projektraum Medienmuseum :: 22.3. - 5.5.    21.00   


"In this video, I participate in an on line therapy session directed by the system operator of a streetside multimedia kiosk. The system operator is capable of multi-tasking like a computer: moderating the flow of traffic over the Internet, simultaneously monitoring all aspects of the broadcast. As I indulge in a virtual conversation about a troublesome relationship, the session instantly becomes an amalgamation of daytime television and tabloid, wherein the surveillance camera becomes the eye of the media.

I play the roles on both sides of the screen, user and system operator. The system operator is the customer service technician and/or 'host' of an online/advice column/talk show which is broadcast over the World Wide Web. Throughout this session, it is difficult to tell whether the 'user/caller/patient/contestant/player' is describing technical problems with her own body or with that of her computer.

My script dismantles the concept of the modular data body with dry humour, satirizing relationships between body and machine that are inherent within technical language (ageing/obsolescence, implants/upgrades, amnesia/memory loss). The ending parallels the mundane routine of a bank transaction, yet with the seriousness of religious propaganda, ‚If you would like to save your life ... enter your initials. To exit this program ... use the escape button‘ " (Kristin Lucas).

Script, production, and performance by Kristin Lucas. Additional technical support by Joe McKay. Special thanks to Neil Goldberg. Production assistance for Host was provided by The Experimental Television Center which is supported in part by The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), The National Endowment of the Arts, and by private contributions



 

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Kristin Lucas
born 1968 in Davenport/Iowa, lives and works in New York. Exhibitions a.o. 1997 Zonen der Verstörung, Steirischer Herbst, Graz; The 1997 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Young and Restless, The Museum of Modern Art, New York; 1998 Windows, Brussels; 1999 Screening Room, Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus; 2000 commandN, Tokyo, Toys n‘ Noise, O.K. Centrum für Gegenwartskunst, Linz; 2001 Avatare und Andere, Edith-Ruß-Haus, Oldenburg, SI/NY, Swiss Institute, New York

  


   

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