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 Installation of the Technoviking-Archive in Nancyhalle, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2009 Basic Concept by Matthias Fritsch und Annabel Lange, Design & Installation by Oliver Boeg / Team Wahlheimat |
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TECHNOVIKING ARCHIVE Archiv zum Video Kneecam No.1 aka Technoviking, 2000-2009 Matthias Fritsch researched the internet history of his video Kneecam No.1 aka Technoviking from it's production until it became popular with more than 20 million clicks on the internet and more than three thousand video responses on Youtube. The archive contains images, emails, blogs, forum discussions and a selection of more than 100 videoresponses which are categorized to show the different attempts of recycling. |
The results are published in form of installation of the archive and lectures were Fritsch also shows the most interesting video responses. The artist illustrates new ways of production and distribution within user generated networks. From his experiences on the Technoviking Phenomenon Fritsch developed his following Work Music from the Masses.  Radio-Feature on Corso / Deutschlandfunk (German)Author: Carmela Thiele, Corso, DLF Köln aired on 05 May 2009 |
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What is the video of TECHNOVIKING? It is a short video produced by Matthias Fritsch in 2000 at the Fuckparade in Berlin. In 2007 the video was discovered by the You-Tube community and posted by users in various other platforms. After being linked and discussed in different web sites and internet forums it got uploaded on break.com, a big american mediaportal "for guys" were the video had it's peak on September 28th with more than a million viewers in one day. |
In the following 6 months more than 10 Million people watched the Video under the new name of "Techno Viking" and hunderts of remix versions and responses to the video were published. Fans imitate the video's dramaturgy and reenacted it in their homes, clubs or on the streets. |
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