FAKESHOP

2008 - 1997

Artist Statement . Combining .Net technologies with

traditional tools of multi-media

production, Jeff Gompertz has been

creating web specific installations and

installation specific web-sites. Since the

founding of Fakeshop in 1997, his art

production efforts have focused on

bringing these elements to work in the

groups projects. Built around

contemporary themes, these projects

incorporate architecture, digital

video/imaging, net broadcasting,

audio and performance. With

Fakeshop he has instigated and/or

participated in numerous experimental

internet broadcasts, and real time

collaborations in the electronic

community, including work with:

Radioqualia (Australia)

Public Netbase (Austria)

Kunstradio (Berlin)

NetAffects (Amsterdam)

Turbulence.org (NYC)

Xchange network (International)

Hell.com (International)

WKCR Radio (NYC)

CandyFactory (Japan)

Grant History 2002: Franklin Furnace Future of the present / Digital arts grant

2001: Japan Foundation - PAJ Performiing arts Japan 2000: NYSCA -New York State Council on the Arts. Capsule Hotel development. 2000: Whitney Museum - Biennial Comittee commisioned the project 'HUHB' 1999: NYFA - New York Foundation for the Arts.

Individual fellowship in Computer Arts.

Selected chronology 2008 - 1997

Jeff Gompertz/Fakeshop Selected chronology 2008 - 1997 http://www.fakeshop.com http://polystar.org 2008 “Crit ical Mass” HYCAC Contemporary art s center, Beij ing March/April “The requested URL i s not available in your country” Live computer and video performance on subject of Great Firewall of China.

2007: “Dream Palace” A-space at Artbase, Beij ing. July/August “Floor Sample” Kinetic l ight sculpture composed from Chinese barberpoles. 2007: 798 Arts fest ival, “Surge” 798 artzone, Beij ing, May/June “For Display Only” Instal lat ion and recurrent performance uti l izing large display of Chinese barberpoles and glass windows with choreographed element .

2006: Second Life performance transmitted via Skype video between Tokyo and Beij ing, performed at 798 Beij ing and Super-deluxe Tokyo, simultaneously . 2006Thailand New Media Arts Fest ival HOF Art Center , Bed Supperclub, Chulalongkorn Universi ty Bangkok, Thailand Exhibit ion and Symposium; Exploring ideas of surveil lance and the architectural environment.

2006 DiVA˜Digital & Video Art Fair Embassy Suites Hotel , New York, NY Muti l -camera instal lat ion in the hotel bathroom with l ive video feed to the rooms televi sion screens.

2005 - Galería Metropoli tana de Barcelona ART COLOGNE – ART FAIR COLOGNE Corridor (obedience study #2) 2005 - Galería Metropoli tana de Barcelona ARCO – Madrid International Fair of Contemporary Art Corridor (obedience study #1) – Curate by Mark Tribe

"... This study is often described as an experiment. However as there is no control condition (i.e. all of the participants took place in the same experimental procedure) it is not strictly speaking an experiment. The independent variable could be considered to be the prods provided by the experimenter for the participant to carry on, and the dependent variable could be considered to be the degree of obedience...."1

1 Stanley Milgram: Seventy Studies that Shape Psychology, BANYARD, P. AND GRAYSON, A. (2000). 2nd Edition. London: Macmillan

We're in this problematic situation. We're the audience that wants to see everything, and we'll be obedient to most requirements to keep the information flowing. The degraded media quality of surveillance systems has become synonymous, in our perception, with the reportage of a steady stream of covert tragedies. As we peep into police and military interrogation rooms on a daily basis, our worst expectations and fears of human behavior are confirmed. In the corridor we find a subject of fascination and in the viewing room, an audience, target of the analysis. Hidden behind a mirrored glass panel, the audience has a choice to view or not

to view the subject in an on/off mode of simple behavior. The 'quality' of the end image received, (delivered thru standard surveillance equipment) is accepted in the same way we accept other covert images, and as such it contains an undertone of illicit activity. Its data passes across no-nonsense networks, being delivered efficiently, like an electric shock.

The audience must chose between its will to see, its right to be informed, and the desire to protect the human being behind the glass.

Nov 1- March 1 2003 - Cooper HewittMuseum: New Hotels for Global Nomads

Video installation featuring two Japanesesleeping capsules, pre-recorded video obtainedfrom a capsule hotel survelliance system, livevideo (generated from cameras mounted inthe gallery), and soundtrack sampled fromTokyo field recordings.

Jeff Gompertz/Fakeshop

Selected chronology 1997-2003

http://www.fakeshop.com

Sept 7-30 2001 - Deitch Projects: Game

Video Installation based on a Robbe-Grillettext, Recollections of the Golden Triangle..90 N11th st. Brooklyn, NY

May 5-19 2001 - The Kitchen: CapsuleHotel

Inspired by an actual Capsule Hotel site inTokyo, fakeshop installed a mediaenvironment comprised of low-tech industrialand high tech digital materials. Throughremote internet hookup. a video "chatspace"explored the themes of isolation and inter-connectivity evoked by the original siteand its mediated double.New York, NY

March-June 2000 - Whitney Biennial:HUHB

The Fakeshop website was featured in thefirst Biennial to include the category ofinternet art. An off-site installation wascommissioned by the Whitney, and hosted byEyebeam Atelier. Entitled "The Human Use ofHuman Beings", the piece included a livestream ported to the website andsimultaneously displayed at the museum,CUseeme performance sessions, and a closed-loop surveillance system.New York, NY

Dec-Jan 1999/2000 - Quiet: Y2K Capsule

Central installation in a millenium themedshow entitled Quiet, organizedby Josh Harris and Leo Konig, consisting of a70 person capacity capsule hotel facsimile.The installation, constructed of signatureindustrial materials and outfitted with a fullyfunctional CCTV (closed circuit surveillancesystem), enabled inhabitiants of the hotel,some who stayed for 7 days to watch and bewatched thru normal channel surfing mode onstandard televison sets and channels.300 Broadway, NYC NY

Sept 1999 - Ars Electronica:Multiple_Dwelling.

An installation in the Main Hall of the ArsElectronica festival, with a webcastperformance of Multiple_Dwelling. Followedby 3 day CUseeme session, investigating theissues of the festival conference: lifescience.Linz, Austria.

March 1999 - Next Five MinutesConference: Artificial Geographic

Image_map, relief_map, sound_map. Asensory media architecture, generated from alandscape of data hotpoints.Next Five Minutes Conference.Amsterdam, Holland.

October 1999 - Gavin Brown Gallery:Single-Mind Programming

All-night production of video mixing, net.art,and audio as part of an event held at theGavin Brown Gallery.Chelsea, NY.

September 1998 - WKCR Electronic MusicFestival: Artificial constructions

Streaming audio project in exquisite corpsestyle, prodcued in collaboration with WKCRradio electronic music dept., as part of theweek-long WKCR Electronic Music Festival.Broadcast on FM band, and on Real Audio.New York, NY

October 1998 - Walker Hill Art Gallery:Artificial Constructions: Solaris

Streaming video/audio presentation betweenBrooklyn, NY, and the Walker Hill A r tGallery as part of their annual conference oncomputer art.Seoul, Korea.

June 1998 – Fake studio: MultipleDwelling

A performative installation projectconstructed simultaneously in a real, physicalspace and an artificial, telecommunicated one.Including prototype VRML installation &website.<http://www.fakeshop.com/multiple_dwelling>.Brooklyn, NY

Nov. 1997 - March 1998 - ArtificialEvenings 1-10

Bi -monthly performative audio-visualbroadcasts live from the Fakeshop studiolocation.Brooklyn, NY

Dec. 1998 - University of Michigan:Fabricant

Collaborative online performance & remoteinstallation between New York, Brooklyn, andthe University of Michigan, as part of anexhibit of media art and performance.Utilizing digital video, improvisatory theory-chat, live usage of remote-controlled desktopsoftware.Michigan, USA

Oct. 1997 - 451 Test

Techno-theatrical remix of a scene from thefilm Farhenheit 451. Founding event for theFakeshop project space.Brooklyn, NY

Sept. 1997 - Channel 16, ManhattanNeighborhood Network: CUseemeTV

Airing of the first of 10 episodes of a weeklyCable TV show exploring the CUseemeinterface as a storytelling device and designtemplate.Channel 16, MNNNew York, NY