About work

Author's name
UBERMORGEN (AT/CH)
Work's name
[V]ote-Auction
Year of work
2000
Type of work
installation, tactical medium
Work description

Vote-auction.com was a web-site where American citizens could sell their votes in the presidential elections of 2000. The site was created by student James Baumgartner, who then sold his business to artists of the UBERMORGEN group. They present documents from the trial that ensued following reactions by different district attorneys as their own work.

About author

Author's CV

lizvlx (AT, b. 1973) and Hans Bernhard (CH/USA, b. 1971) are European artists who work in installation, video, code and performance. They are doing strange things with software & hardware. Their early work is referred to as 'Media Hacking' and 'Online Performance', combining various forms of digital media into artistic action. In 2000, they created Vote-Auction, a vote-selling/buying online platform and were described by CNN as 'maverick Austrian...read more

Author's contact
hans@ubermorgen.com, liz@ubermorgen.com
Author's URL
ubermorgen.com