[spectre] 204_NO_CONTENT . horticultural unit

[Darko Fritz]

204_NO_CONTENT
horticultural unit by Darko Fritz

http://darkofritz.net/projects/int_err_msg/204_NO_CONTENT.html

The horticultural unit 204_NO_CONTENT is made of organic elements, 
transgressing the contents from the digital domain.

204_NO_CONTENT - the textual context of the picture - is a HTML server 
error, means that the server has fulfilled the request but there is no 
new information to send back.

A typographical picture located in the desert is 3.6 x 31 meter in size 
and shaped within the matrix made of 18 x 166 fields [2988 ‘pixels’]. 
This ‘low-resolution screen’ is made of cactuses and black lava. The 
‘active pixels’ are made of 2220 cactuses [Echinocactus grusonii]. At 
the beginning of the project each cactus was approximately 18 cm in 
diameter.

Materials used in the installation are chosen respecting natural 
resources and availability at the Fuerteventura island. Fuerteventura 
island is of volcanic origin and therefore black lava is widely 
available. The Echinocactus grusonii cactuses are visible around the 
island and have an status of the local souvenir at the local airport. 
The sent used within and around the installation is of local origin.

204_NO_CONTENT is part of the Internet Error Messages project by Darko 
Fritz [since 2001].

204_NO_CONTENT is commissioned by Centro de Arte Juan Ismael, 
Fuerteventura (Canary Islands, Spain), for the exhibition 
Deambulatorios de una jornada, en el principio y el proyecto Tindaya 
(Wanderings of a journey, in the start and the Tindaya project), 
curated by Nilo Casares.

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