[BE+NL] • 1994

wwwwwwwww.jodi.org

“Max Payne Cheats Only” • 2004

Video installation (2 channels).

Private collection, Brussels.

In Max Payne Cheats Only (2005), Jodi appropriates a hard-boiled videogame and ‘tricks’ it, immediately revealing the pack of lies of the conventions on which it is based – conventions that make us perceive the game as an alternative believable reality where we can experience adventures – and making the suspension of disbelief an impossible journey.

Jodi’s work has been included in many international exhibitions and festivals, including Documenta X in 1997. In 1999, they received a Webby Award in the Arts category, proclaiming in their compulsory five-word acceptance speech, “Ugly corporate sons of bitches!”

More infos: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodi

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