Rocco Goes Berserk in Norway

Artist: Matias Faldbakken (NO)
Genre: Art Film
Norway, 2003 / 4:35 min (DVD-video), colour & sound

The Film
The video tells a story about the Italian anarchist Rocco, who goes to Norway to carry out his anarchist and anti-capitalist vision. This vision is based on the notion that the file-sharing network Gnutella has accomplished anarchy on a virtual level. It undermines the logic and processes of economic exchange. Rocco wants to realise this system in real life.

Matias Faldbakken
Matias Faldbakken (b. 1973 in Hobro, Denmark) studied at the Academy of Fine Art in Bergen, NO 1994-1998 and the Staatlich Hochschule für Bildende Kuenste, Städelschule in Frankfurt/Main, Germany (prof. Thomas Bayrle) 1996-1997. In 2004 Faldbakken showed his work at the Biennale of Sydney, Kunst-Werke, Berlin, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Kunstverein München and Momentum - the Nordic Festival of Contemporary Art. In 2005 he will represent Norway in the Nordic Pavilion at the 51st Biennale of Venice. He also works as a writer and has published two novels that are (or will be during 2005) translated into German, Danish, Finnish, Russian and Spanish.

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