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Work Title
Do It
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Work Title（EN)
Do It
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Please describe the concept of your artwork in 1000 words.
The work takes the form of a single line of javascript, a programming language which is executable in any modern browser, and instructions for activating the work on any web page. When activated, the script uses the existing elements of the page to create a new, chance-based and dynamic artwork, which simultaneously reveals the underlying structure of the webpage, as well as the underlying infrastructure - and thus power dynamics - of the web itself. By tweaking the script in simple ways, the user can change the outcome of the artwork, and also receives a basic lesson in how to create such works themselves.
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Please describe the concept of your artwork in 1000 words. （EN）
The work takes the form of a single line of javascript, a programming language which is executable in any modern browser, and instructions for activating the work on any web page. When activated, the script uses the existing elements of the page to create a new, chance-based and dynamic artwork, which simultaneously reveals the underlying structure of the webpage, as well as the underlying infrastructure - and thus power dynamics - of the web itself. By tweaking the script in simple ways, the user can change the outcome of the artwork, and also receives a basic lesson in how to create such works themselves.
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Work Specification
The work comprises a simple text file, which is available to be shared anywhere.
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Work Specification（EN）
The work comprises a simple text file, which is available to be shared anywhere.
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Media CoverageURL
http://jamesbridle.com/works/do-it
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Video URL
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Your OfficialURL (Website, Instagram, Facebook)
http://jamesbridle.com/
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Your Profile
James Bridle is a writer and artist working across technologies and disciplines. Their artworks have been commissioned by galleries and institutions and exhibited worldwide and on the internet. Their writing on literature, culture and networks has appeared in magazines and newspapers including Wired, the Atlantic, the New Statesman, the Guardian, and the Observer. "New Dark Age", their book about technology, knowledge, and the end of the future, was published by Verso (UK & US) in 2018, and they wrote and presented "New Ways of Seeing" for BBC Radio 4 in 2019. Their work can be found at http://jamesbridle.com.
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Team Members
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Entrant’s location (Where do you live?)
Greece
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Do It
Others
Do It (James Bridle, 2020) is a piece of instructional art created in response to the demands of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, and to the tradition of net.art, Fluxus, and other experimental formats. Under the contactless conditions of a global lockdown, more and more art has moved into the digital realm, but most of this work simply places traditional artworks inside little boxes and video windows, ignoring the rich history of net.art - art which requires and makes use of the active affordances of network connectivity - and the possibilities for artistic self-realisation and self-education afforded by
