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QWERTY Courbet


2001
laser-cut steel, modified keyboard, CPU, monitor, software, bronze, velvet
installed in a wall, double-sided: keyboard installation: 38 x 38 inches, monitor/curtain installation: 20 x 20 inches

The keyboard was the origin of this dream. A version of Courbet’s “L’origine du monde” to be touched…but you will be “on the record.”
The functional keyboard, imbedded in a wall…based on a well-known source….records your input behind a red velvet curtain.