I copy therefore I exist,  Conservatorium van Amsterdam 2004, installation, 2 m²

I copy therefore I exist, how to create a thought of (artificial) virtual awareness? How to spread this thought? How many times must a thought be repeated before it takes form in our reality? A work made of copies of inkblots shaped like synapses and paper wallpapered across the walls, floor, ceiling and shelves surrounding a computer copy machine. An employee will be able to laugh at this work proclaiming that he exists because he copies. Each time though this thought is thought in front of a computer that copies. The more people who think this in front of computers my emotional logic tells me that this will enhance the chance of a virtual awareness for computers. After all life is based on copies of our DNA…