In 2002, the Prix Ars Electronica jury recognised “Minitasking” by schoenerwissen (Net Based Art) with an Award of Distinction. schoenerwissen has 1 more work in this atlas.
Gnutella is the famous peer-to-peer file sharing protocol. "Minitasking" attempts to visually show the relationships of the computers on that network. And does it very well. It is beautiful to look at and will bring out the most voyeuristic tendencies in the viewer as they watch the various search strings appear on…
About schoenerwissen
schoenerwissen (D), a collaboration between Anne Pascual and Marcus Hauer, has existed since 1997. Pascual and Hauer both studied and worked at the Art College for Media in Cologne, and now live in Berlin.
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.