P2P Art by Anders Weberg
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P2P Art - The aesthetics of ephemerality by Anders Weberg
Description
Since 2006 Swedish artist and film maker Anders Weberg has been making films for distribution solely through peer to peer file sharing networks. The original artwork is first shared by the artist until one other user has downloaded it. After that the artwork will be available for as long as other users share it. The original files and all the material used to create the art work are deleted by the artist. ”There’s no original”. The continued existence of the art works, their exhibition, distribution and archiving depend completely upon the support of fans the users.