There’s a brief review of the Jozi and the (M)other City net.art site on Artthrob, by Chad Rossouw. Snip on me:
Nathaniel Stern, a natural on the web, produced the most engaging work. He challenged the above-mentioned Sean O’Toole to live without electricity for a day. The documentation of their correspondence is a good insight into the process of negotiation, slightly more interesting than the concept of negotiating urban life without power.
I’m glad Rossouw took some time to read said negotiations. As I say in the piece itself, the texts surrounding the “event” – both before and after – were undoubtedly the “work”of the work, and most effectively got to the heart of the social relationships I was trying to accent. (There are some neat photos and a video, too, of course…)
The physical exhibition opened yesterday in Cape Town – I have no idea how the installation version looked, or about much of anyone else’s work (although online, it all looks very interesting; I especially like Marcus Nuestetter’s piece). Will post reviews and/or pics as I have them.
PS I moved to Wisconsin about 4 weeks ago. More on that when the dust settles….
