Through smashing, cutting, slicing and burning the computer mouse, the movement of the mouse pointer on the desktop shows the screaming of the dying mouse. This is a software art piece showing an image of the connection between material and information.
In the moment of destroying a computer device, the mouse as material and its cursor as data leave a “last statement”. DanmatsuMouse captures this statement by video camera and a computer program in parallel. By running exonemo’s application on your computer, the image of destroying the mouse and the motion of the cursor will be replayed simultaneously on the desktop. The motion of the cursor is replayed using the real cursor on your computer, so you have a simulated experience of the moment of destroying the mouse.
Artist unit comprising Yae Akaiwa and Kensuke Sembo. Since 1996, exonemo has presented experimental website productions, installations, and live performances by the equipment of its own making, crossing over various media, software/hardware and digital/analog. In 2006 they won the Ars Electronica Golden Nica Award in the category of Net Vision. exonemo is based in Tokyo and exonemo.com.
- exonemo.com – Homepage of exonemo
