In this video, an illuminated rope is vigorously hurled at the floor, whip-cracking with every blow. Mittwoch takes advantage of simple cognitive biases and sensory distortions. While the light is switched off, the sound and image resemble a live wire discharging electricity, yet when the light is on, we see a jump-rope, a plaything associated with childhood. The title of the work Online is also ambiguous. Are we presented with a physical manifestation of light and electricity, which are at the heart of the data transmission processes on the net or maybe this work is just ״about a line״?
The CDA's archives are operating with the support of the Ostrovsky Family Fund and Artis
