Temporary Housing for the Despondent Virtual Citizen, 2000, computer and video installation

Commissioned by O.K Center for Contemporary Art in Linz, Austria, this installation is an environment for the technophobe, technofile and tech-inept. The installation is comprised of numerous elements, including a patchboard intercom system, a surveillance-themed café, a vending machine, an arcade game, a coffee machine to bring beginners up to speed, and a sculpture garden with leashed mobile units with adjustable antennas, strobe lights, magic 8 ball interface and single channel video "Are you still blam?".

Click for a mini slide show of this installation at the O.K Center for Contemporary Art in Linz.

Temporary Housing for the Despondent Virtual Citizen travelled to the ICA Philadelphia September - November 2000. pics