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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:09.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}preroll music{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.64,0:00:15.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Herald: And welcome to this beautiful evening
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.77,0:00:18.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The next talk is very interesting talk.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.75,0:00:23.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's actually.. will go to.. tackle some more..
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.50,0:00:27.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,quality.. quantity, the army.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.87,0:00:31.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually using an army to have some balance
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.08,0:00:32.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a way.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.54,0:00:33.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.72,0:00:41.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, I can actually just say:\NWhat can an army do if the army
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.01,0:00:47.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was effectively (?) put into action,\Nlet's say.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.68,0:00:49.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.26,0:00:55.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mr. Constant Dullaart will introduce\Nthe talk for us today.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.88,0:01:00.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And please welcome him\Nwith a warm applause.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.90,0:01:06.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}applause{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.25,0:01:08.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,constantdull: First of all, thank you very much\Nfor joining.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.39,0:01:09.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a great privilege
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.54,0:01:14.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and an honour to speak in this context\Nof the great CCC.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.36,0:01:19.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm generally more nervous than\NI would normally be.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.96,0:01:23.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, anyway, forgive me if I stutter\Nor something, but hopefully I'm not,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.70,0:01:25.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I drank some beer.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.79,0:01:29.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, also.. so, I built an army.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.26,0:01:30.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This much is true.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.70,0:01:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's nice because we're talking\Nabout Crypto Wars and about losing the war,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.60,0:01:36.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're talking about all those other\Nkinds of stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.03,0:01:39.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have all these war analogies,\Nso I thought it's also kind of fitting
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.97,0:01:41.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to present an army to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.28,0:01:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I will actually explain to you
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.32,0:01:45.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how I got there.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.18,0:01:47.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So some people might know me\Nfrom works like these,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.38,0:01:51.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is.. which doesn't have sound.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.29,0:01:52.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ahm.. {\i1}laughing{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.74,0:01:54.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it did originally.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.28,0:01:56.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But anyway, this is the Revolving Internet.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.17,0:01:58.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I made it in 2010.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.03,0:02:03.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, making jokes of pre-existing web content,\Nwhich is a company called Google,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.32,0:02:06.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a lot of people seem to\Nkeep talking about.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.76,0:02:08.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I twisted it around.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.56,0:02:11.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I made the internet revolve,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.94,0:02:16.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like the world rotates,\NI guess.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.95,0:02:19.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I made this other thing,\Nwhich is called the death of the URL,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.95,0:02:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the URLs died,\Nand this is one of the first things
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.60,0:02:26.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where it's actually a XXX domain name,\Nwhich was the first attempt to organize
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.68,0:02:30.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the URLs so it would be easier to block\Non porn content.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.86,0:02:36.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then I just.. yeah, you see what happens,\Nyou know, that's happening.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.17,0:02:38.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I basically changed the title.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.53,0:02:40.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Normally the referrer is..
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.48,0:02:44.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The referrer is actually in the title bar\Nas a URL, but now
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.78,0:02:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the title is actually in the page,\Nand ah.. yeah, you get it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.50,0:02:55.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, so that's.. or I would like an\Nencrypted treasure map
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.30,0:02:58.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this treasure map is actually\Nweirdly enough sold
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.44,0:03:01.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for like a lot of money in New York\Nin an auction house just because
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.77,0:03:08.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it points to another treasure island,\Nwhere the fictive or maybe real treasure
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.92,0:03:13.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Lima is buried and now there is an\Nactual exhibition buried.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.98,0:03:18.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But.. and also I started a company\Nrecently, DullTech,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.15,0:03:20.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I want technology to be more dull.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.51,0:03:21.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}laughing{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.82,0:03:24.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I think technology is perceived\Nto be exciting while it's not,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.99,0:03:29.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it should just be dull as fuck\Nas it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.48,0:03:30.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.93,0:03:32.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So..
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.39,0:03:33.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is actually a..
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.47,0:03:37.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also retrieved the very first image\Nthat was ever photoshopped,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.54,0:03:41.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I was quite happy about finding.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.12,0:03:43.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I decided to write an..\Noh, actually I didn't put a timer.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.90,0:03:46.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So anyway, I'll see notes.. ahm.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.60,0:03:47.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is..
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.60,0:03:51.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wrote a letter to her,\Nto the protagonist in this picture, Jennifer,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.28,0:03:53.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'll read you the letter right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.53,0:03:57.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dear Jennifer, sometime in 1988,\Nthrough a sitting-in on the beach
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.65,0:04:00.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Bora-Bora looking at to Opua island,\Nenjoying your holiday
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.44,0:04:03.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a very serious boyfriend.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.35,0:04:04.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The serious boyfriend, John,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.99,0:04:09.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,took a photograph of you sitting\Non the beach not wearing your bikini top.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.47,0:04:13.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John later became your husband\Nand father to your children
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.46,0:04:17.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sara, Lisa, Alex and Jane.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.30,0:04:21.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John, if you're watching this, hi.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.50,0:04:24.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This photograph of a beautiful moment\Nin your personal history
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.25,0:04:27.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has also become a part of my history\Nand that of many other people.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.52,0:04:31.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has even shaped our outlooks\Non the world at large.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.62,0:04:35.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John's image of you became the very first\Nphotograph to be publicly altered
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.90,0:04:39.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the most influential image\Nmanipulation program ever.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.06,0:04:42.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, this is why I know the names\Nof your children and this is also
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.28,0:04:49.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why I know you're trying to do cool things\Ntrying to get a .green toplevel domain name.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.82,0:04:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway, personally I believe that the importance\Nof the domain name has been reduced
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.30,0:04:58.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a nostalgic poetic value,\Nbut that doesn't matter now.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.64,0:05:01.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I still wonder if you felt the world\Nchanged there on that beach,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.39,0:05:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the fact that reality would be more moldable,\Nthat normal people could change their history,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.44,0:05:10.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brighten up their past and put\Ntwirl effects on their faces.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.58,0:05:14.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That holiday image became the very first\Nphotograph publicly manipulated
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.13,0:05:16.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Photoshop,\Nand your intimate beach moment
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.68,0:05:20.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,became the reality for several\Npotential clients to play with.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.23,0:05:24.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2 Jennifers, no Jennifer, less clouds etc.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.84,0:05:28.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in essence it was the\Nvery first Photoshop meme.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.61,0:05:33.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now the image is nowhere\Nto be found online.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.27,0:05:35.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did John ask you if he could use\Nthis particular image?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.60,0:05:39.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did you enjoy seeing yourself\Non a screen as much as he did?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.02,0:05:43.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did you ever think you would be the muse\Nthat would inspire so much contemporary
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.61,0:05:45.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,image making?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.75,0:05:48.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did you ever print out the image yourself?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.63,0:05:52.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Would you be willing to share\Nthe image with me, and, if so,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.80,0:05:58.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the other people to whom it took\Non such an unexpected significance?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.38,0:06:02.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shouldn't the Smithsonian or any other\Nlarge institution have the negative
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.03,0:06:08.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of that image, not to mention digital\Nbackups of its endless variations?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.24,0:06:13.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All these questions have made me decide\Nto redistribute the image, 'Jennifer in Paradise',
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.49,0:06:18.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well as I can, somewhat as an artist,\Nsomewhat as a digital archaeologist,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.16,0:06:21.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,restoring what few traces\Nof it I could find,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.53,0:06:26.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,restoring the image from what was available\Nto everyone in the somewhat public space
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.14,0:06:27.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the internet.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.99,0:06:32.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was sad to realize this blurry screengrab\Nwas the closest I could get to the image,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.93,0:06:36.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but beautiful at the same time.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.05,0:06:39.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How often do you find an important\Nimage that is not online
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.55,0:06:43.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in several different sizes already?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.12,0:06:45.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This beautiful artifact\Nof software development
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.03,0:06:48.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has become an artwork in this way,\Nin which you, or at least your depiction
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.30,0:06:53.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,play a central part in a body of work\Nthat has become very dear to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.63,0:06:56.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a faint blurry pixelated focal point,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.73,0:07:00.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a work that celebrates a time when\Nyou were young and the world was young
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.95,0:07:05.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as it still naively believed in the\Nauthenticity of the photograph.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.93,0:07:08.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes, when I'm anxious about\Nthe future of our surveilled
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.87,0:07:10.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,computer-mediated world,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.69,0:07:16.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I worry about cultural imperialism\Nand the politics behind software design,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.21,0:07:21.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I imagine myself travelling back in\Ntime, just like the Terminator,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.20,0:07:25.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to that important moment in technological\Nworld history,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.30,0:07:28.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there on that beach in Bora-Bora,\Nand just sit there with you,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.95,0:07:31.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,watching the tide roll away.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.24,0:07:33.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sincerly, Constant Dullaart.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.62,0:07:36.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, Jennifer never responded.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.02,0:07:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.00,0:07:41.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}laughing{\i0}{\i1}applause{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.54,0:07:45.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, Jennifer never responded,\Nbut the cool thing was..
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.22,0:07:48.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this was basically an anecdote\Nin Adobe's history, right,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.07,0:07:52.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so there was some talk about this\Npicture, but I couldn't find it online,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.50,0:07:55.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was in a video which\NI'll briefly show later.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.49,0:08:01.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I restored it and I redistributed it\Nwith this letter as an open letter.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.20,0:08:02.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But of course I'm..
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.78,0:08:05.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I put a payload\Nin the jpg.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.98,0:08:10.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I stuck in and graphically encrypted\Nsome messages in different versions
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.88,0:08:15.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of this jpg because I also wanted\Nto discuss that a jpg, of course,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.77,0:08:20.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,isn't only a way to distribute images,\Nbut it's also the container
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.74,0:08:26.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the jpg, and especially if you\Nstuck in a graphically.. inject content,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.29,0:08:32.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it actually becomes a unique container\Ndiscussing the thereoality (?) of
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.35,0:08:34.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,digital photography besides, like..
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.69,0:08:36.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, a lot of me.. as an artist,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.35,0:08:39.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like I still have to do with a lot of people\Ndiscussing paper and discussing prints,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.90,0:08:43.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and like discussing the value of a file,\Nif you can copy it and this kind of bullshit,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.30,0:08:48.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in the end, I needed to emphasize\Nthe fact that like, this image also wasn't
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.28,0:08:49.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mine,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.28,0:08:50.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just redistributed it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.49,0:08:55.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So actually, the only thing that's for sale\Nas an artwork, as this, is the password
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.16,0:09:01.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to actually access the content\NI injected into it.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.52,0:09:05.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then of course you get these questions\Nof institutions, like, how do we show this
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.28,0:09:07.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a space?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.55,0:09:10.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is, like, working predominantly online,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.30,0:09:13.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is the question I get most of the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.30,0:09:16.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Constant, how do we show this\Nin your exhibition?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.39,0:09:20.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So.. mostly I just take really stupid\Nanalogies, and they work.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.64,0:09:26.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, here of course I used UV paint,\Nand I just, ah, the text,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.15,0:09:31.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is.. well.. maybe it's an image,\Nbut the text that was encrypted
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.57,0:09:37.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in that Jennifer in Paradise image\Nis now painted with UV paint on there,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.19,0:09:42.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I would read it as a performance.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.41,0:09:52.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, of course, because I\Nwanted to sell the passwords,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.42,0:09:55.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted the access to be the commodity,\Nright, so if you're.. like,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.44,0:09:59.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within art you're always thinking about\Na commodity, people wanna own something,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.44,0:10:02.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they wanna have a cultural gesture,\Nwhich they can..
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.71,0:10:05.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yeah, which they can own, basically.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.40,0:10:08.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, as an artist you're\Nentitled to do dramatic gestures.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.90,0:10:12.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or at least, I feel like I was entitled\Nto do dramatic gestures.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.75,0:10:17.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}laughing{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.06,0:10:20.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to close down the access\Nto the encrypted contents
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.07,0:10:24.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to destroy..\N{\i1}laughing{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.35,0:10:26.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,.. anyway, I don't advise\Nyou doing that at home
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.53,0:10:32.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because apparently it's\Npoisonous or whatever..
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.61,0:10:36.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}laughing{\i0}{\i1}applause{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.45,0:10:39.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this basically meant that the people..\N{\i1}shouting from the audience{\i0}, {\i1}laughs{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.38,0:10:46.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so this basically meant that the people\Nthat wanted access to that content
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.19,0:10:51.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,needed to, or buy new UV lights, or they\Nneeded to buy the password to the file.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.70,0:10:55.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The cool thing is that John,\Nafter a while, did respond,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.01,0:10:57.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it was.. the Wall Street Journal\Nstarted to write about it,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.57,0:11:01.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Wall Street Journal he did find\Nworthy to reply, not my, of course,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.05,0:11:05.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my skanky little emails writing\Nthe big developer.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.77,0:11:10.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But anyway, he did reply,\Nand he was actually super-generous,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.43,0:11:12.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he was actually.. he was saying like,\Nyou should have asked me,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.99,0:11:15.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he gave a lot of info, like\Non which scanner he scanned
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.40,0:11:18.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that first image on, and\Nlike he went to.. app,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.48,0:11:23.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he also said, like,\Nthat he distributed it
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.36,0:11:27.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to other people under a strict\Nnon-disclosure agreement,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.30,0:11:30.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I'll prove to you later that it's..\Nthat that's.. not true.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.05,0:11:31.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway, but..
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.05,0:11:35.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I pointed out what is funny,\Nwhich is.. it says it's one of the first images
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.29,0:11:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be photoshopped.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.52,0:11:38.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I guess that is a word now.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.99,0:11:42.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I'm really happy that I actually have\Nan email to prove the moment
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.86,0:11:45.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the guy that made up 'photoshop'\Nfigures out that 'photoshopping'
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.62,0:11:47.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had become a verb.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.45,0:11:48.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}laughing{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.45,0:11:52.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway.. and also, like, he used\Na 24-bits colour image.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.84,0:11:56.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I don't know, any of you ever\Nusing 24-bits colour images?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.49,0:11:59.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't, but.. maybe you do.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.68,0:12:05.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the cool thing also that he\Nneeded to transport the image
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.93,0:12:10.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on separate floppy disks to save\Nthe red, green and blue channels,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.85,0:12:13.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I also thought was\Nquite remarkable.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.10,0:12:16.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway, of course.. like, this image\Nis really important because it was
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.71,0:12:20.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the first digital images\Nat that time for people to use
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.30,0:12:22.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,manipulating in Photoshop,\Nbecause it's 1988,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.76,0:12:25.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so there's no web, there's no\Ndigital images distribution
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.43,0:12:29.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or wide availability of it,\Nno digital cameras,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.24,0:12:32.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they needed to find that\Nas a source.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.14,0:12:33.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is the demo,actually,\Nwhere I got it from.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.40,0:12:35.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John: So I start with it and open up..\Nconstantdull: This is John
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.22,0:12:40.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John: an image of .. This is a tourist picture\NI took of my wife when we were on a vacation
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.38,0:12:41.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Tahiti.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.38,0:12:43.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is from Bora-Bora.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.49,0:12:46.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used this image for doing\Na lot of the demonstrations
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.37,0:12:52.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including the first demonstrations\Nthat I did at Adobe Systems.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.96,0:12:55.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I have opened a 24-bit image.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.36,0:12:58.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're looking at it on an 8-bit display,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.30,0:13:02.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you can still manipulate\Nthe 24-bit image.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.92,0:13:07.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'm gonna start by cloning Jennifer,\Nso I'm gonna start by just...
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.01,0:13:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,constantdull: Okay, I'm just gonna mute\NJohn out for a bit,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.00,0:13:11.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's super interesting,\Nbut you can watch the video later.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.99,0:13:14.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The thing is that of course he's\Ncloning his wife,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.15,0:13:17.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he asked her to marry her\Nthe very next day after this picture.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.39,0:13:20.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm just saying he's confirming\Na very age-old cultural stigma
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.60,0:13:24.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a man objectifying\Nthe female body,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.05,0:13:25.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I thought that this was really..\N{\i1}laughing{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.92,0:13:29.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,.. I mean the fact that he is\Ncloning his wife, and showing that
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.38,0:13:32.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a tool to his potential customers..\N{\i1}laughing{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.46,0:13:34.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,..seriously, what the fuck,\Nwhy didn't he use a bike,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.93,0:13:36.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a turtle or something.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.92,0:13:38.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}laughing{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.16,0:13:41.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John: Copy.. paste.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.48,0:13:44.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}applause{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.37,0:13:49.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John: And now I have a clone.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.58,0:13:51.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,constantdull: Anyway, so..
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.21,0:13:52.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been using\Nthat image now because I felt
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.87,0:13:56.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like I'd made, you know,\Na new perception of that copy,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.31,0:13:58.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I've been using that into\Ndifferent works
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.66,0:14:01.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I'm just rotating it through\Nall the different photoshop filters
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.45,0:14:03.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are available.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.35,0:14:06.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you get these kind of images,\Nand you get like these.. little presentations
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.86,0:14:09.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I like liquefy Jennifer\Nall over the place,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.48,0:14:12.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like LitraAlt ?\NYou know, and there's all these
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.73,0:14:16.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, images, because of course\NI'm turning this image into
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.71,0:14:18.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a ubiquitous kind of image\Nthat's everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.89,0:14:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I want to take it out of the idea\Nthat it's not visible everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.88,0:14:27.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the cool thing is that finally then\NJohn actually responded again,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.54,0:14:30.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that was in the Guardian,\Nand the cool thing is
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.01,0:14:34.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that, where before it was under\Na so-called non-disclosure agreement,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.16,0:14:38.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which actually my lawyer told me\Nthat it's an implicit license he gave
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.81,0:14:40.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because he gave it to other people.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.31,0:14:44.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway, but the cool thing is that he\Ngave actually the real image
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.52,0:14:46.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the Guardian.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.11,0:14:47.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So now everybody has access
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.58,0:14:49.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to that first actual image.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.91,0:14:51.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I found like I still pride myself
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.76,0:14:54.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in kind of tricking him into\Nreleasing that first image,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.98,0:14:57.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where it was first like\Na personal image,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.16,0:15:00.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now actually justified\Nto him that the world had
Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.47,0:15:04.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a right to see that very first image\Nand to read that very first image
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.14,0:15:07.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as an important image in\Nphotographic world history.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.85,0:15:10.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'm kinda happy that this is\Nnow available for everyone
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.87,0:15:14.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to fuck with.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.73,0:15:17.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, this is Jennifer now,\Nor about 3 years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.85,0:15:19.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's.. yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.89,0:15:20.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is her.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.89,0:15:22.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't have anything to\Nsay about this.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.78,0:15:25.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}laughing{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.44,0:15:29.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And also the nice thing is.. nonono,\Nalso, I did want to like ask them..
Dialogue: 0,0:15:29.02,0:15:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,augh, 15 minutes, thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.00,0:15:35.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also wanted to.. this means\NI have to hurry up.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.38,0:15:38.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I actually wanted to take them back\Nto Bora-Bora on like a holiday
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.68,0:15:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and retake that picture, right,\Nso.. and then they perceived it
Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.48,0:15:44.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,weirdly enough as an indecent proposal.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.54,0:15:46.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They said, like, oh, nonono, that's not ok.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.72,0:15:49.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I thought, like, maybe\Nthey are prudes because she's like
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.22,0:15:53.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,half naked in the picture and she thought\NI would wanna see her naked again,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.12,0:15:54.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I never.. like, I thought of later.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.97,0:15:59.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway, but now, if you google her,\Nyou get like the first response are..
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.03,0:16:02.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, the first result is my letter to her,\Nwhich is still very nice,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:02.61,0:16:04.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I hope she read it by now.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.35,0:16:05.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}laughing{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.35,0:16:09.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But to be honest I only\Nconversed with her husband
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.18,0:16:14.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she never replied which I\Nalso think is a bit weird.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:14.10,0:16:17.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, so.. {\i1}laughing{\i0} that.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.33,0:16:22.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As an artist, I think I'm in the business\Nof turning this into like a more
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.13,0:16:26.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,intricate version of this\Nand then calling it art.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.95,0:16:30.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I was invited to do an\Nexhibition about clowns
Dialogue: 0,0:16:30.66,0:16:35.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I gave this press image,\Nand this is actually a..
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.37,0:16:38.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an artist, Marina Abramovic, that maybe\Nsomebody would know,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:38.62,0:16:42.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's Klaus Biesenbach, who is\Nlike some kind of curator.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.14,0:16:44.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here is them with more curators.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.91,0:16:51.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here is Ai Weiwei\Nwith naked children, which is awkward.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.66,0:16:55.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, it's not.. it's not.. it's\Na joke, it's a joke, sorry.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.73,0:17:00.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So.. ok, I just have to\Ncatch my breath.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.88,0:17:04.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, this is weird, right,\Nlike now on Instagram,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:04.21,0:17:08.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, Instagram is actually\Nstarting to influence
Dialogue: 0,0:17:08.53,0:17:10.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how the artworld works.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:10.69,0:17:12.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you would see an artist,\Nyou'd see the amount of followers.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:12.73,0:17:15.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a collector, for example,\Nand you would see or be
Dialogue: 0,0:17:15.02,0:17:17.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the circle of relevance (?).\NLike, if they have a certain amounts
Dialogue: 0,0:17:17.11,0:17:22.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of followers, you would think, like,\Nok, that kind of quantitative validation,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:22.20,0:17:26.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or like, this quantified social validation\Nmight suggest the kind of access
Dialogue: 0,0:17:26.31,0:17:28.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to like a social capital, s\Nthat they're more
Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.55,0:17:31.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,relevant as a collector or as an artist.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.17,0:17:34.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And like you'd get these collectors\Nthat are posing in front of their artworks
Dialogue: 0,0:17:34.48,0:17:37.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to generate more relevance\Nfor their artworks.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:37.52,0:17:41.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the end I was thinking,\Nif that relevance actually starts ..
Dialogue: 0,0:17:41.74,0:17:45.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if that social capital, that quantification\Nof social capital actually starts
Dialogue: 0,0:17:45.04,0:17:47.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to represent actual capital,\Nlike in the art world,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:47.73,0:17:52.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in a lot of other places,\Nthen why not buy that capital.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:52.76,0:17:55.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course like, if you just do\Na simple search online
Dialogue: 0,0:17:55.23,0:18:00.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can buy Facebook followers,\NInstagram followers, everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:00.05,0:18:04.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So... and then, I started to research\Nthese followers,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:04.25,0:18:07.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and these followers were all automated,\Nright, like, this was their content,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:07.04,0:18:08.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this were the pictures they're posting.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:08.74,0:18:12.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you would get these like kinda\Nautomated pictures where it says..
Dialogue: 0,0:18:12.12,0:18:17.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this has the hashtag 'instadroid',\Nbut weirdly cropped-off heads
Dialogue: 0,0:18:17.58,0:18:19.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the image.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:19.43,0:18:23.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This also..\Nreminiscence with weirdly cropped-off heads
Dialogue: 0,0:18:23.83,0:18:24.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the image.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:24.83,0:18:28.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course, this means\Nit's just an automatically cropped image
Dialogue: 0,0:18:28.12,0:18:36.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of the at that time dominant-square\Nformat of instagram pictures.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:36.24,0:18:39.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the tag is 'relax' with another few\Nheads missing.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:39.34,0:18:40.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Marathon'..
Dialogue: 0,0:18:40.79,0:18:43.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never knew you could do\Na marathon with a snowboard,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:43.05,0:18:44.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but, whatever.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:44.05,0:18:46.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So.. {\i1}laughing{\i0}\Nthis is all, like, generated, right,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:46.90,0:18:49.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then you even have the bios,\Nthe bios are ripped from other people
Dialogue: 0,0:18:49.72,0:18:50.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then manipulated.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:50.98,0:18:52.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So maybe a lot of you people\Nwould know this already,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:52.97,0:18:57.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I thought it was really, like,\Ngenuinely awesome poetry,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:57.70,0:19:01.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or found poetry, where..\Nthis is Jonalan, and Jonalan says
Dialogue: 0,0:19:01.94,0:19:10.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,":) I'll prove to the world that I would ecome\Nsomehin imporant to they ned someday."
Dialogue: 0,0:19:10.55,0:19:13.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I think thats..\Nand Darsed says "I love so much asteniber."
Dialogue: 0,0:19:13.88,0:19:16.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}laughing{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:19:16.80,0:19:23.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And.. anyway, I'll skip this, or..\N"simple n pretty n paid"
Dialogue: 0,0:19:23.09,0:19:24.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is also weird.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:24.09,0:19:29.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gondar is\N"mchanical engineer 29 years old, raduated
Dialogue: 0,0:19:29.21,0:19:32.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from ITM in 2007"
Dialogue: 0,0:19:32.06,0:19:36.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think the original bio reads MIT,\Nbut I'm not sure.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:36.92,0:19:39.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is one of my favourites,\Nwhere it says:
Dialogue: 0,0:19:39.48,0:19:42.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Myna isRoxi, I like it be fancy."
Dialogue: 0,0:19:42.20,0:19:45.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}laughing{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:19:45.48,0:19:49.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"phot, vieo hort poems blogger,\Nweb edditing"
Dialogue: 0,0:19:49.38,0:19:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway, so this is another artist,\Nmaybe you know him, Jeff Koons,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:53.10,0:19:56.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was also fresh on Instagram,\Nand you know what I did,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:56.94,0:20:04.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought like if I can buy these followers,\Nyou know, if I can find Jeff Koons,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:04.56,0:20:08.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why not actually inject some capital\Ninto these people and inject
Dialogue: 0,0:20:08.17,0:20:13.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some social capital, and I decided to buy\N2.5 million instagram followers.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:13.41,0:20:14.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}laughing{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:20:14.92,0:20:18.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I had a budget from some\Ninstitution and I donated these.. {\i1}laughing{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:20:18.75,0:20:21.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I donated these followers to\Nall these artists, right,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:21.66,0:20:25.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because if these artists wanna\Nkind of compare length of their dicks,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:25.85,0:20:30.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to like follower numbers, then why not\Nmake them all as equal?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:30.46,0:20:40.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}laughing{\i0} So..\N{\i1}applause{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:20:40.04,0:20:41.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:41.04,0:20:43.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Jeff Koons had 100,000 followers.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:43.13,0:20:46.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jerry Saltz who is a critic\Nalso got 100,000 followers.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:46.87,0:20:49.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Klaus Biesenbach got 100,000 followers.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:49.87,0:20:53.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Richard Prince got 100,000 followers.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:53.17,0:20:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This Murakami got 100,000 followers.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:55.00,0:20:57.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jonas Lund, a friend of mine,\Ngot 100,000 followers.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:57.90,0:21:02.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All these people got 100,000 followers\Nexactly, so they were equal to each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:02.98,0:21:11.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}laughingwhoopingclapping{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:21:11.94,0:21:16.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So basically I became the Lenin\Nof social media, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:16.82,0:21:18.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}laughing{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:21:18.98,0:21:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Injecting capital making people\Nequal is what I do.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:23.06,0:21:27.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So.. this is.. but the weird thing was\Nthat the New York Times called me
Dialogue: 0,0:21:27.74,0:21:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm like, holy fuck, NYT is calling me,\Nit's on the phone, on this shitty little
Dialogue: 0,0:21:32.20,0:21:34.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,freephone, or fairphone, like on..\Naudience: Yeah!
Dialogue: 0,0:21:34.99,0:21:37.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Heh, exactly, fairphone.. {\i1}laughing{\i0}\Nthere's the New York Times, right.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:37.92,0:21:40.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'm thinking, this is relevant.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:40.69,0:21:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she keeps asking me
Dialogue: 0,0:21:41.70,0:21:45.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- I'm hurrying up -, like,\Nshe's asking me, like, yeah, but like,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:45.18,0:21:48.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do you know other people that are\Nselling artworks for Instagram,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:48.05,0:21:51.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and like, did you make money\Nfor Instagram, and I'm like,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:51.17,0:21:54.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's.. like, what I'm criticizing, like,\Nthis is not what the work is about, like,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:54.82,0:21:57.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not actually telling you like\Nmaybe somebody won't spot
Dialogue: 0,0:21:57.53,0:22:01.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a work of mine through Instagram,\Nbut that's, like, I'm saying, like this..
Dialogue: 0,0:22:01.52,0:22:05.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,validation system of you thinking\Nan artwork is important is corrupt.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:05.85,0:22:06.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's vulnerable.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:06.95,0:22:09.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a system that's\Nfucked, and it's a commercial system
Dialogue: 0,0:22:09.43,0:22:12.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we're buying into and you\Nshouldn't believe it.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:12.13,0:22:15.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the funny thing was that\Nin this article she quoted Simon de Pury
Dialogue: 0,0:22:15.69,0:22:19.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as an auctioneer and she quoted\Nhis follower number to mention
Dialogue: 0,0:22:19.81,0:22:21.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how important he was.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:21.67,0:22:22.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}laughing{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:22:22.67,0:22:25.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I bought that guy..
Dialogue: 0,0:22:25.30,0:22:28.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I bought that motherfucker,\Nlike, how many followers?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:28.08,0:22:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}laughing{\i0}\N25,000 followers, so why the fuck
Dialogue: 0,0:22:31.20,0:22:35.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,did the New York Times quote, you know,\Nthat actual number to inject..
Dialogue: 0,0:22:35.12,0:22:38.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, to mention some kind of\Nrelevance for that auctioneer.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:38.11,0:22:42.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The same with Ai Weiwei, they also quoted\Nlike how many followers they had,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:42.49,0:22:44.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, I own these followers.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:44.90,0:22:47.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}laughing{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:22:47.22,0:22:51.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway, so we're in a world..\Nwe're in a world that these kind of images,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:51.47,0:22:54.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is the most-liked image,\Nthat this is gonna be our culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:54.77,0:22:59.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That this is gonna be the most relevant\Nimage, because this is the most liked.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:59.18,0:23:00.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's a shitty place to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:00.85,0:23:01.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:01.85,0:23:02.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to have
Dialogue: 0,0:23:02.85,0:23:06.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other tools to talk about the value\Nof images, to talk about our culture,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:06.01,0:23:08.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not get trapped into these stigmas.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:08.59,0:23:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So as an artist we need other tools\Nto just make, you know, reversed thumbs,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:13.40,0:23:16.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need another way to reflect\Non that landscape.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:16.02,0:23:17.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So then you have..
Dialogue: 0,0:23:17.35,0:23:20.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not gonna explain\Ntechnically, but you..
Dialogue: 0,0:23:20.53,0:23:21.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}laughing{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:23:21.54,0:23:26.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, Friend Bomber, Mass Planner,\Nall these little things, and I got information
Dialogue: 0,0:23:26.13,0:23:29.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I was asked for the..
Dialogue: 0,0:23:29.56,0:23:34.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was asked for Schirn, Kunsthalle Frankfurt,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:34.80,0:23:38.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do another project, and they gave\Nme some money, and Schirn Frankfurt
Dialogue: 0,0:23:38.35,0:23:40.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is based in Hessen.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:40.05,0:23:44.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Hessen delivered the soldiers to\Nfight the first American revolution.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:44.59,0:23:47.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I thought it would be more than\Nfitting to bring them back to life
Dialogue: 0,0:23:47.64,0:23:49.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and fight this American revolution.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:49.82,0:23:50.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I took all the names from
Dialogue: 0,0:23:50.98,0:23:54.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the actual Hessian soldiers that fought\Nin the United States, were paid by the British,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:54.97,0:23:59.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and actually with that money the very first\Ncontemporary art museum was funded,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:59.25,0:24:01.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Fridericianum.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:01.55,0:24:04.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway, 1780,\Nall these names I got through
Dialogue: 0,0:24:04.51,0:24:08.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the wonderful Landesgeschichte\Ninformation system, but also the professor
Dialogue: 0,0:24:08.82,0:24:10.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that helped me.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:10.31,0:24:15.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, these are all the accounts\Nthat I made active.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:15.83,0:24:18.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}laughing{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:24:18.85,0:24:23.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the weird thing was that all these accounts,\Nlike, a lot of these were created in Pakistan,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:23.41,0:24:26.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also, they were actually manually crafted,\Nalso, I had like automated ones,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:26.94,0:24:31.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also tried.. this guy.. have manually\Ncrafted ones.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:31.40,0:24:34.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then these pictures showed up,\Nand I actually had to explain them,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:34.64,0:24:40.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, the Hessian soldiers were white,\Nand like I shouldn't have like non-white.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:40.75,0:24:43.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, passport pictures on there.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:43.83,0:24:46.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, when.. but then actually,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:46.27,0:24:49.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was typing this in Skype,\Nweirdly enough all these people
Dialogue: 0,0:24:49.02,0:24:53.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,use Skype, which I thought was very weird,\Nknowing what we know,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:53.15,0:24:56.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but anyway, it felt so weird to ask that\Nand say, like, could you please
Dialogue: 0,0:24:56.35,0:24:59.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,use white images, that\NI'd stopped asking that.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:59.70,0:25:03.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, if somebody talks to me\Nabout, like, the conceptual error,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:03.71,0:25:09.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why the artificial army isn't all white,\Nit's because I don't give a fuck anymore,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:09.01,0:25:15.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I don't wanna ask somebody in Pakistan\Nto only use white images, cause it's fucked.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:15.15,0:25:17.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}applause{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:25:17.13,0:25:21.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway, so of course because it's..\Nthank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:21.91,0:25:24.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it's also of course like,\Nit's very weird that we're using this
Dialogue: 0,0:25:24.31,0:25:29.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kind of like system where it's like...\Na lot of this kind of artificial capital,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:29.51,0:25:34.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of this artificial social capital is crafted\Nin lower wage countries,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:34.29,0:25:36.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're actually supporting a system\Nby buying these followers
Dialogue: 0,0:25:36.88,0:25:43.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and buying this kind of black hat SEO shit,\Nwith like having a very large groups of people
Dialogue: 0,0:25:43.40,0:25:48.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,crafting this kind of.. these kind of accounts,\Nand.. anyway, I think there's ..
Dialogue: 0,0:25:48.85,0:25:52.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a kind of messy thing, but the nice thing\Nabout like using army as an analogy
Dialogue: 0,0:25:52.25,0:25:56.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that it brought me onto BBC News.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:56.11,0:25:58.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is also really funny,\Nbecause I think this is again
Dialogue: 0,0:25:58.29,0:25:59.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the value of..
Dialogue: 0,0:25:59.36,0:26:01.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could've said, like, I make a..
Dialogue: 0,0:26:01.85,0:26:05.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like a large collection of\Nphone verified accounts,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:05.25,0:26:09.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I think by saying I made\Na fake army, or I made an army,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:09.80,0:26:12.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,got me on the news and then\Nthe funny thing is that actually
Dialogue: 0,0:26:12.27,0:26:16.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,although it's been on the news\Nand in the Guardian again,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:16.52,0:26:21.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the nice thing is over half of\Nthe army is still alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:21.58,0:26:25.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they're still out there, I'm still\Ndistributing likes,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:25.76,0:26:26.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm still using that.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:26.87,0:26:28.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you would want to help me,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:28.11,0:26:30.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,please give me.. if you have like\Nspare Facebook accounts,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:30.75,0:26:34.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I hope you don't,\Nif you do, fuck Facebook,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:34.14,0:26:39.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get the fuck out of there,\Nbut also, if you do have them,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:39.70,0:26:44.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,give them to me and please accept\Nthe friends of like another 1000 soldiers
Dialogue: 0,0:26:44.06,0:26:46.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the next few thousand soldiers\Nthat I'm gonna make,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:46.93,0:26:49.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and let's create some social noise.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:49.18,0:26:52.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's create some social noise\Nof like.. and fight this kind of
Dialogue: 0,0:26:52.23,0:26:56.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,weird artificial system of like\Nquality validation through..
Dialogue: 0,0:26:56.75,0:27:01.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through this kind of artificial social\Nmeasurement system.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:01.58,0:27:04.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So yeah, like.. fuck Facebook.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:04.31,0:27:10.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway, I'll just play with a short piece\Nof.. is that a zero or do I have like
Dialogue: 0,0:27:10.10,0:27:11.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a few more minutes left?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:11.68,0:27:12.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ok.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:12.68,0:27:15.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'll play a short.. a brief part
Dialogue: 0,0:27:15.42,0:27:19.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of my video would like..\Nmy call to war, let's say.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:19.63,0:27:24.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}phone ringing{\i0}\NThis is not a part of the video.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:24.41,0:27:25.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}laughing{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:27:25.62,0:27:29.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[voice] Hi and welcome to our tutorial.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:29.52,0:27:34.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[voice] In this video, we will show you how\Nto create identities through the quick star
Dialogue: 0,0:27:34.17,0:27:39.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wizard.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:39.78,0:27:56.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}trumpet playing{\i0}, {\i1}yelling{\i0}
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Dialogue: 0,0:28:35.89,0:28:37.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,constantdull: Yeah, thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:37.79,0:28:44.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}applause{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:28:44.75,0:28:51.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, yeah, if there's questions, I would just\Nlike to say, at the end of the project
Dialogue: 0,0:28:51.18,0:28:53.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll also release like a..\Nof course, like the
Dialogue: 0,0:28:53.16,0:28:54.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cool little graphs that you see
Dialogue: 0,0:28:54.91,0:28:59.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you hit the BBC how many profiles\Nwere deleted by Facebook, and how,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:59.80,0:29:05.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and like.. and you'll see like how many\Nlittle like attacks sparked which..
Dialogue: 0,0:29:05.09,0:29:07.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how many deletions,\Nand these kind of things.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:07.48,0:29:13.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, again, if you could help me\Nhave these fake identities
Dialogue: 0,0:29:13.38,0:29:17.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,infiltrate the real world with the\Nreal identities and let them
Dialogue: 0,0:29:17.04,0:29:20.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mash up together, I would be\Nvery grateful for this project.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:20.04,0:29:25.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Herald: I would also like to boost up\Nmy Instagram, my Twitter, my Facebook too.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:25.13,0:29:27.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,constantdull: Oh, you want more followers?\NHerald: Yeah!
Dialogue: 0,0:29:27.61,0:29:28.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,constantdull: Oh yeah, ok.\NHerald: Please.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:28.46,0:29:29.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,10,000..
Dialogue: 0,0:29:29.46,0:29:30.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,constantdull: I get that a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:30.46,0:29:32.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Herald: Are we not friends?\N100.000
Dialogue: 0,0:29:32.79,0:29:33.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}audience laughing{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:29:33.61,0:29:36.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}laughs{\i0} Thank you so much\Nfor the super-interesting talk.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:36.20,0:29:42.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We.. I think we time for 2 questions,\Nor even 1 question from..
Dialogue: 0,0:29:42.58,0:29:45.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,constantdull: Oh, but there's a big..\Nthere's a big no on that.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:45.88,0:29:47.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,constantdull: I'm..\NHerald: No.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:47.26,0:29:48.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:48.26,0:29:51.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So.. yeah, actually..\Nif there's any questions then I think
Dialogue: 0,0:29:51.43,0:29:54.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can do that outside of the talk right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:54.69,0:29:55.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much!
Dialogue: 0,0:29:55.93,0:29:58.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,constantdull: Thank you!\N{\i1}applause{\i0}
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