0100101110101101.org - United We Stand

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United We Stand  (2005, 35.5MB, 4:06 min.)

'United We Stand' is a project by Eva and Franco Mattes from  -0100101110101101.org. The project is a non-existent, fully EU - produced Hollywood-style blockbuster movie that was promoted in public spaces all over the world through city-scale urban installations and viral communication tactics.  at postmasters gallery, NYC, until January 21, 2006

more from Artnet (12/16/05):

Screen capture from the official "United We Stand" website at www.unitedwestandmovie.com

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Pop Life
by Ben Davis

"United We Stand," Dec. 10-23, 2005 & Jan. 3-21, 2006, at Postmasters Gallery, 459 W. 19th St., New York, N.Y. 10011

Just what is 0100101110101101.ORG? The group’s comically unwieldy name stands for the letter "K" in binary code, and the possible joke reference to the hero of Kafka’s The Trial ("K.") is perfectly appropriate –- the young artists behind the group, Italian-born Eva and Franco Mattes (both b. 1976), make performances and web art that plays on the inscrutable, Kafkaesque power of the corporate media.

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