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Christophe Bruno >
»Gogol Chat«, 2002 - 2002
Co-Workers & Funding:
Christophe Bruno & Jimpunk - 2002http://www.christophebruno.com/?p=41
Technology
Software
Originally this piece (GogolChat by Christophe Bruno) was conceived as a multi-user chat where a fictitious character, named Gogol, lives. This character has a mythical status, since his speech tends towards the sum of all speeches of mankind. Hence, contrary to the usual chatterbots, it cannot be considered as purely virtual. Gogol IS the web. He parses your words, mixes them with the whole web, digests and spits back.
After the completion of this work, the chat was "infiltrated" by jimpunk. Since then a quasi-permanent happening shifts the chat beyond the dimension of meaning and communication. Finally GogolChat became a collaborative piece mixing a purely textual work - the original GogolChat - with scripts and visuals changed by Jimpunk live.
Descriptions & Essays
The Web is a global text. The hypothetical character, whose speech tends towards this global text, the sum of all speeches of mankind, is called Gogol.
Originally GogolChat was conceived as a multi-user chat where this fictitious character lives. But contrary to the usual chatterbots, it cannot be considered as purely virtual. Gogol IS the web. He parses your words, mixes them with the whole web, digests and spits back.
After the completion of this work, the chat was “infiltrated” by Jimpunk. Since then a quasi-permanent happening shifts the chat beyond the dimension of meaning and communication. Finally GogolChat became a collaborative piece mixing a purely textual work - the original GogolChat - with scripts and visuals changed by Jimpunk live.
Exhibitions:
2004: p0es1s, Festival of digital poetry, Berlin
2003: Tirana Biennale of Contemporary Art
2003: machinista.ru
Literature
Bruno, Christophe. »Méta-capita-lisme, art et trans-Mission.« In Recherche and création, art, technologie, pédagogie, innovation, edited by Samuel Bianchini and Burozoique, 204-217. Nancy, FR: les Èditions du Parc, Ècole Nationale Supérieure d´Art de Nancy, 2009.
Bruno, Christophe. »Google et au-delà: Interview by Ariel Kyrou.« Multitudes 36 (2009).
Bruno, Christophe. »WJ-Spots1.« digital mcd: Musique et cultures digitales (May 2009).
Bruno, Christophe. »From Dada to Google.« Digimag 42 (2009).
Bruno, Christophe. »Video interview by Cyril Thomas.« .
Bruno, Christophe. »L`Abécédaire de Christophe Bruno.« Poptronics Boot-04 (August 2007).
Exhibitions & Events
2003
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