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www.antworten.de, the book, 2006

Artistsbook, in collaboration with Max Kossatz

The website www.antworten.de - a pioneering work of net.art, and the first Internet artwork to be sold in Germany - is transitory. This work, conceived by Holger Friese and programmed in collaboration with Max Kossatz, could one day - when new programming standards emerge or the Internet disappears - no longer be available; data will then be lost or no longer readable with existing programs.

This book aims to redress the problem. In the traditional and durable form of printing, the website's program is now published and annotated. Each image, each code from www.antworten.de is presented in digital form, as a notation of the programming sequences. Furthermore, each separate part is described so that a future programmer could reproduce the work with an identical surface. The short melody is written in notes; the colouration of the countdown digits is captured pixel for pixel.

www.antworten.de is an analogue conversion of the website www.antworten.de thus making the web-art of www.antworten.de for the first time fully virtual. The work becomes a thought-game that (almost) anyone can reproduce. The documentation finally makes clear what constitutes this work; the focus is on the mediality and functionality of the individual parts.

published by the green box

 
   
 

19991 HOME DELIVERY, 2005

DV-Video transfered to 16mm film, installation
in collaboration with Mona Jas.

16mm film on Mona Jas Website

installation views
installation video on Mona's Jas website
con|temporary pressrelease 1,9 MB (german/english)
two documents on wikipedia about Adhan and Salah

 
   
 

The 16bit library, 2002 - 2005

Kunst am Bau Wettbewerb - Universitätsbibliothek Konstanz.
Combined internet and light piece.

http://www.16bitlibrary.org (german)
http://www.fuenfnullzwei.de/konstanz/ Proposal (german)

 
 
 

Zeichen/Sign, 2004

Lightpiece for the facade "Palast der Republik" in Berlin.

photo of the piece
non authorized use of the piece - Red Bull
non authorized use of the piece - Einstürzende Neubauten
non authorized use of the piece - theatre Volksbühne, Berlin

postcard edition Volkspalast remake of an old GDR postcard

 
   
 

Alle Dinge die Christian Schmimanski in den letzten zwei Jahren
online er- oder versteigert hat, 2003 -

DV movie
in collaboration with Mona Jas

DV movie on Mona Jas Website

The movie "All items auctioned by Christian Schimanski over the internet in the last two years" presents items who had been sold or bought by a user named "schimanski.net" on ebay. The slideshow of goods presents a deep view into the private life of a specific person.

Soundtrack by Curd Duca

installation views Rosa Luxemburg Straße, Berlin

 
   
 

B-CC_1444.pdf, 2002

Wallpiece made for the exhibition at bgf-mitte.

photos of the piece
pdf file of the piece (better quality)

 
   
 

Shrink to fit, 2001

"Shrink to fit" was a contribution for X-cult.
http://www.shrink.li/shrink/art/friese/index_e.html (english)
http://www.shrink.li/shrink/art/friese/index_d.html (deutsch)

files are here:
http://www.k.shuttle.de/502/shrink/fromm.zip
http://www.k.shuttle.de/502/shrink/herbold.zip
http://www.k.shuttle.de/502/shrink/legrand.zip
http://www.k.shuttle.de/502/shrink/woerndl.zip

Text about "Shrink to fit" by Felix Stalder:
http://felix.openflows.org/html/shrinktofit.html

framed pictures in the exhibiton at bgf-mitte:
"Shrink to fit", 2002

 
   
 

reload 2000, 2000

"reload 2000" is a quake level (Quake 3) made as a collaboration between Thomas Ehninger, Holger Friese, Christine Meierhofer and NoRoom gallery for the ongoing exhibition series Reload.

Screenshots

Installation photos - Centre pour l'image contemporaine, Geneva

download level (Zip archive - Quake 3)

DVD documentary available on request

 
   
 

ot.pdf, 2000

Wallpiece made for the exhibition BMA 2000 at the Neuer Aschaffenburger Kunstverein.

photo of the piece

 
   
 

ot.bsp, 1999

Quake Level made for the exhibition series Reload.

Screenshots

wireframe image

Installation photos - shift, Berlin

download level (Zip archive - Quake1)

DVD documentary available on request

 
   
 

www.inmeinernaehe.de, 1999

Fake shopping system based on the CD-ROM "Das große Homepage Paket".

http://www.inmeinernaehe.de

First presentation "Das kleine Homepagepaket" at shift, Berlin (german).

Installation photos - Kunstbank, Berlin

Selected mails (german)

 
   
 

www.antworten.de, 1997

Welcome to the www waiting superstore.
Developed by Holger Friese and Max Kossatz.
Courtesy collection Hannelore und Hans Dieter Huber.

http://www.antworten.de

Installation photo - bfg mitte, Berlin

Backup harddisk

Sales contract based on Seth Siegelaubs "the artist's reserved rights transfer and sale agreement"

The piece was also shown in different tv programs.

Selected mails (german)

 
 

Puppenwagen, 1991 / 1997

Based on a photo i took in 1991. The guy did win a "dolls cars" that's why he looks so happy.

photo of the piece

 
   
 

Unendlich, fast..., 1995

The first published html piece. Hosted since 1995 on good old THING Vienna.

http://www.thing.at/shows/ende.html

For documenta X (Curator: Simon Lamuniére) I developed an offline edition of the piece.

For the exhibiton "Bin ich drin" I developed a second offline version, a large scale print.

 
 

00:27:30:00, 1994

My complete analog negative archive on one videotape.

Screenshots

Installation photo - Kunstbank, Berlin

   
 

Holger Friese, 1994 - 2004