Experience a simulation of the work without addresses by Joachim Blank and Karl Heinz Jeron (Blank & Jeron) from 1997.
This is a simulation of the work without addresses by Joachim Blank and Karl Heinz Jeron. Originally commissioned by documenta x in 1997, the work was online and run only for the duration of the exhibition. After the end of the exhibition without addresses was only available in its archived offline version on a small CD edition published by the documenta. The CD version (variant 3) was very limited and served mainly as an archive for selected user entries. However, it couldn’t convey the conceptual and technological complexity of the online version.
In 2024, the two artists, together with Zentrum für Netzkunst decided to revisit the canonical piece of net art without addresses and reconstruct it for the public, a new generation of researchers and art historians. The aim was to collect and document all available data, fragments of data, and secondary documentation material saved by the artists. The resulting repository should allow for in-depth study of the work as well as further conservatory efforts in the future. In addition, this simulation allows the visitors to view the work in their contemporary browser. By emphasizing the mediation of the work, visitors can experience the original ‘feel’ of the work to better understand the functionality and the conceptual framework of the original (variant 1) documenta version.
If you want to know more about the original work and the project reconstruction process, please have a look at the Zentrum für Netzkunst Wiki where you can find extensive documentation.
The simulation project was funded by Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt from the fund „Digitalisierung von Objekten des kulturellen Erbes des Landes Berlin“.