Cristian Bettini a.k.a. P.ankh: DONKIJOTE.ORG

OTO: Martin Ruano Prieto
Cristian Bettini and Minuto with all the technological equipment

The DONKIJOTE.ORG caught my eye as an interesting take on both documentary an anthropology. It's a project that will gather information while the artist and donkey make their way through the region, Asturias.

Of most interest was the fact that the "donkey will operate as a living interface equipped with digital hardware such as a GPS, a mobile Internet connection, a computer, a camera and a video camera with which it will create a memory of Asturias, producing and collecting information, re-mapping the territory and geo-categorising knowledge."

By having the journey and series of images determined -- in part -- by the donkey, it imbues the project with an objective (or, at least, non-subjective) point-of-view. Intended or not, this convention seems to add a layer of credibility to the project's point of view. Interesting, in light of previous post....



Cristian Bettini a.k.a. P.ankh: DONKIJOTE.ORG
Once upon this time there was a clever donkey with its digital armour and its errant knights...
24.09.2009 - 11.01.2010
CURATORS: Roberta Bosco and Stefano Caldana
VENUE: Platform 1 of LABoral and various locations throughout Asturias and http://www.donkijote.org
PRODUCED BY: LABoral's Projects Office