05 March/10:43 pm consists of a small, suburban model house on a table, linked to
a computer. Looking into one of the windows the viewer discovers a small live projection, floating in the room, showing a person who is collapsed on a chair, with
a computer screen and web camera running next to him.
The webcam image recaptures a recent online incident in which a young man killed himself with a lethal overdose of prescription drugs - at home in front of a net audience, parently encouraged by fellow users in a chat room.
The physical setting represents the personal space - and at the same time the miniature dimensions recall the Internet as the virtual home to model a second self. But the disturbing visuals inside the house are contradicting the neat and playful scenery. They reveal an online presence that has come to a shocking and tragic end. The actual facts and consequences can only be anticipated within an imaginary surrounding that turns more and more into a disconcerting construct of reality.
Andrea Zapp, 2004 - commissioned for the VAERK 04 - Changing Territories - exhibition, Knabstrup Kulturfabrik, Denmark, June to September 2004
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