[ISEA2006] Artist Statement: Norimichi Hirakawa — DriftNet (2005)

Artist Statement

Theme: Pacific Rim. Container Culture: Tokyo Container, Venue: South Hall
Curator: Yukiko Shikata

In DriftNet, Hirakawa uses “information flotsam” from the worldwide web by surfing links with an information agent. The installation space is a “virtual surf,” where websites surge constantly like waves. The texture of each wave is generated by a screen shot of a real website, and the magnitude of the wave is determined by the length of the download.

  • Norimichi Hirakawa (JP). Born in 1982, his interest lies in the most primitive of technologies, calculation. His work is focused on installations that use either mathematical processing itself as conducted through computer programming or the results of that processing. counteraktiv.com
  • Yukiko Shikata (JP), Curator, NTT Intercommunication Center [ICC]    yukikoshikata.com