Since computer technology became popularized, thanks to personal computers and the Internet, the strategy of hacking has held a particular fascination for media art. What exactly does it mean, and what messages do artists convey through these projects?
A hack is actually a clever solution for a computer problem. Yet hacking also stands for creatively cracking a technology and its associated systems. A hackers want to do more than just follow given rules, he wants to change the very systems themselves, which makes the figure of the hacker and his actions both colorful and ambiguous.
With texts by Hannes Gassert, Verena Kuni, Claus Pias, Felix Stalder and Raffael Dörig.