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Garnet Hertz   //   #6
Experiments in Galvanism: Frog with Implanted Webserver

During the duration of the exhibition, this work can be accessed and activated online at http://www.conceptlab.com/frog/.

"Experiments in Galvanism" is the culmination of studio and gallery experiments in which a miniature computer is implanted into the dead body of a frog specimen. Akin to Damien Hirst's bodies in formaldehyde, the frog is suspended in clear liquid contained in a glass cube, with a blue ethernet cable leading into its splayed abdomen. The computer stores a website that enables users to trigger physical movement in the corpse: the resulting movement can be seen in gallery, and through a live streaming webcamera.

Video clip:
http://conceptlab.com/frog/aceart-frog1.mov
(Provided courtesy of Risa Horowitz / Ace Art Inc.)

Garnet Hertz's works are formulations in hybridity: his current work involves the development of technology/life systems, incorporating embedded webservers, miniature cameras, robotics and living organisms into uncanny chimera. Current theoretical interests include science, technology and society and the congruous historical/contemporary narrative of hybridity, life and embodiment.

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