Friends - Workshop über soziale Netzwerke

Artist: Aram Bartholl

in cooperation with the Phaenomenale Wolfsburg
at the Edith Russ House for Media Art, Katharinenstraße 23, 26121 Oldenburg, Germany
for young people from 12 years, costs: 5-30 € per person according to self-assessment

Social networks, which have been very popular for some years now, have given the term "friend" a completely new meaning. "Friends" is a workshop that transfers paper-based online services such as Facebook, Schüler-VZ and others into physical space. Participants create a profile page in the big "Friends" book and make a personal "Friends" booklet. The handmade nature of the booklets contrasts with the screen-based but highly efficient world of social networks.

Different types of friendship and how to deal with the private and the public are up for debate: Who is my boyfriend/girlfriend? How well do we know each other? Where do we meet? How does the social web affect interpersonal relationships?

About the artist: Aram Bartholl is a member of the 'Urban Media Salon' Berlin and the artist group 'Free Art and Technology Lab' founded in New York. In his works he investigates the relationship between the net-data-world and everyday-life-space. www.datenform.de
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Registration: vermittlung-erh@web.de