gepostet von Kai | 09. September 1999
17.09.1999,
Galerie Blau, Hohe Straße 16, Düsseldorf
A meme (pronounced /mI:m/) is the smallest unit of cultural evolution. Memes spread and replicate themselves as though they were a lifeform like genes or or a virus. They are contagious and they are communicable by communication between one mind and another.
This performance propagates memes. When put into a cultural context, memes evolve into ideas, thoughts, development, renewal. Or remembrance, doubts, regret. Memes become visions and models. They unite. They divide.
This performance creates meaning from memes. Similar to a machine that is programmed with algorithms and conditions, RESONATOR turns the room into a black box where human beings are brought in direct contact with memes.
The viewer becomes a part of this process. She or he becomes the vehicle transporting memes and resulting ideas out of the Black Box and into the world…
Susanne Esders and Torsten Meyer-Bautor once more take on the visual side of things.
Thanks to David S. Bennahum for creating our awareness to memes.