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Daniel García Andújar (Almoradí, 1966) began his artistic
activity in the late eighties, working mainly in the field of video,
in projects of intervention in public spheres on
the topics of racism and xenophoby, as well as the misuse of
technology in sureveillance systems. After familiarising
himself with computer resources and their interactive
possibilities, since the year 1996 he has been developing
the project entitled Technologies To The People (TTTP),
which has led to further developments, both in the net and
with physical media (exhibitions, installations, CD-ROMs).
TTTP is housed in irational.org, a web site created by the
"anartivist" Heath Bunting and gathered in selections of net
art such as Some of my Favourite Websites are Art and Beyond
Interface. Other physical presentations of the
aforementioned project have taken place in the framework of
shows such as Un-Frieden/Discord: Sabotage of Realities
(Hamburg), Desde la imagen (Valencia), Scattered Affinities
(New York and currently in Madrid), Reservate der Sehnsucht
(Dortmund), and in the exhibition individualinterface@
metronom.es (Barcelona).
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Daniel García Andújar works under the banner of Technologies To The People
(TTTP), exploring virtuality, authenticity, copyright, sponsorship, media and
power as new technology and the access to it spreads across the globe.
Instead of surrendering to the fetish-like quality of new technologies, TTTP
focuses its attention on the battlegrounds that are emerging. Instead of
complete rejection, TTTP has a pragmatic functionality when considering
what could be in store, and our scope for action in a society immersed in
rapid fundamental change.
It aims to question who has real access to technology and will there be a
divide between ‘info-rich’ people and ‘info-poor’ people? How can we avoid
this division and will it affect society in the future? What can we do to include
more “classes of people” in the new information global infrastructure?
Promoting, using and developing resources, as in the case of Free Software
applications, will give a wide range of communities a greater degree of
independence and self-control; on their own terms rather than through
tainted corporate or government controlled models.
The net allows the concentration of knowledge and information to be broken
down, and contributes new dimensions of globality and virtuality. It is an
instantaneous medium at a relatively low cost that, albeit only potentially,
fans hope for the democratization of culture.
The friction in the work of TTTP lies in the apparent freedom of the Internet,
the knowledge it holds, and who actually owns or distributes this knowledge
as a means of developing power. How this battle is fought out has serious
repercussions regarding the growing problem of a digital, techno-illiterate
underclass.
Gordon Dalton
Zona primaria: pensamiento circular
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Fecha de creaci�n: 23/11/2005 01:12
Compilador: Celia Gradín
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