Ars Electronica Festival · 2019
Undershoot, sensitive data: Cristiano
🏆 Award of Distinction · Prix Ars Electronica 2019
In 2019, the Prix Ars Electronica jury recognised “Undershoot, sensitive data: Cristiano” by Cindy Coutant (Computer Animation) with an Award of Distinction.
*Undershoot, sensitive data: Cristiano* is a video game. The character, Cristiano Ronaldo, generates random existential monologues about its condition of media interface & digital pet and a few actions through a data bank supplied by the author. In 1996, the Japanese company Bandaï launched a game called Tamagotchi.
About Cindy Coutant
Cindy Coutant (FR) is an artist and researcher, currently resident at Le Fresnoy. Her work mainly questions the desire of the living to connect with beings and things, coevolution between species or techno-species, and the human need to manage and attach a…
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