Joan Heemskerk (JODI)
GOL and NBKM, 07.04.2020
Joan Heemskerk, part of the net pioneer collective JODI realized two works for the HEK Net Works series: GOL and NBKM. The URLs http://x20xx.com/nbkm and http://x20xx.com/gol are graphically visual settings in the unmistakable style of JODI, both of which allude to the threat of the corona virus.
GOL (Game of Life) and NBKM (no body knows me) are part of the overarching work complex x20xx (http://x20xx.com/), a series of visual scenarios relating to personal, scientific or news events, which are expanded and continued at loose intervals.
JODI (JoanHeemskerk and DirkPaesmans) were among the pioneers of Net.art in the mid-1990s. From the very beginning, they have investigated and subversively undermined the conventions, structure and protocols of the Internet in their works. They work with computer programs, computer games and video and actively intervene in the language and code of these systems. With their radical disruptions, they draw attention to the mechanisms of these systems and our use and relationships with them.