004

Arte Útil archive nr:

004

Initiator:

Superflex and Sean Treadway

Location:

US, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates

Category:

social

Users:

Superflex, Citizens

Maintained by:

Gallery, Neirbourg community; Kunsthalle Wien, Fruitmarket Gallery (Edinburgh); New Museum (N.Y); 5th International Bienniale in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; GfZk Gallery; Trapholt Museum of Modern Art, Chiang Mai Art Museum, About Art Related Activities (AARA).

Certification:

implemented

Duration:

1998 - 2007

Superflex and Sean Treadway
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TOOLS/SUPERCHANNEL

Description:

Superchannel is a network of local studios used by people and communities as a discussion forum, presentation medium and a physical gathering place. It is a tool that enables users to produce internet TV, directly engaging users in the creation and evolution of content.

Goals:

To investigate the communicative processes by producing and making available online TV content.

Beneficial Outcomes:

It generates a place of gathering and discussion and gives the users the freedom to generate their own internet TV content.

Images:

SUPER-Friedrich Channel, Berlin. Photo: Superflex
Echigo-Tsumari, Channel, Japan. Photo: Superflex