David Still | Holanda

http://davidstill.org

David Still is an identity donor who offers his personality ontline to anybody who wants to be him.
A recent emigrant to Almere, Netherlands, 32 years old, David Still works as an IT Consultant for a small but expanding start-up business that specializes in communication systems. In his spare time, David works on his own personal web site, where he offers the use of his identity to other people. David Still is both the artist and the artwork, a cyber-persona created by an artist who built his personality, chose his image and maintains his story. David has rapidly risen in popularity, with the site attracting interest worldwide, from USA Today to ZIP-FM in Japan. Those who write to David play the game, not knowing which \"David\" will reply to their queries, as, for example, in the case of a New York Times reporter who approached him for an interview. In May 2002, the F.A.A.Q. (Frequently Asked and Answered Questions) was inaugurated. This self-reflective part of the site requires that visitors both ask and answer the questions, highlighting the fact that each visitor is indeed playing the role of David Still, and thus has the authority to reply to other visitor\'s pressing questions, providing amusing and taunting responses. In March 2003, David Still had the opportunity to introduce his real life to his online existence. Hosted by the Cargo gallery in Almere\'s De Realiteit neighborhood (home to David\'s blue house), David Still celebrated his birthday, surrounded by family, friends and secret admirers. He was nominated for a Webby Award in 2003 and in 2004, he was the recipient of the CYNETart Award 2004 at the CYNETart Festival in Dresden, Germany.

ARTISTIC EVENTS

Apr. 2005 Resonance, Netherlands Media Institute, Amsterdam, NL

Jan. 2005 Alias and Alibis, Fries Museum, Leuwaarden, NL

Nov. 2004 Andere Plaatsen, Wateroren Vlissingen, NL

Sept. 2004 System Disruption, Edith Russ Medienhaus, Oldenburg, DE

Mar. 2004 SYZYGY (the Human Remix) AIM festival, Los Angeles, USA

Mar. 2004 In Stituaties, Museum De Paviljoens, Almere, NL

Mar. 2003 Surprise Party, Cargo Gallery, Almere, NL

Nov. 2002 Impakt Festival, Utrecht, NL. Couch Club

Oct. 2002 VIPER Festival 2002, Basel, Switzerland

ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS (Selection)

Sept. 2003 Tema celeste, article on net art (18 Sept 2003).

June 2003 Canada East, \"Fake identity” (14 June 2003).

May 2003 Digital Arts Network, “Latest News” (19 May 2003).

2003 “La identidad en juego,” in Arte.red (2003), El Pais, Spain.

Dec. 2002 “Would you like to be David Still,” by Jill Walker (December 2002)

Nov. 2002 “Ihr Alter Ego in Web heisst David Still,” in Sonntagszeitung.ch, Switzerland (3 Nov 2002).

June 2002 \"Yours, David Still,\" in New York Times (20 June 2002)

June 2002 \"It\'s fun to be David Still,\" Yediot Hachronot, Israel (16 june 2002)

June 2002 \"Identity Swap,\" USA Today (June 2002)

Feb. 2002 \"Language, Dialectics and Email\" by Cameron Marlow for the MIT Media Laboratory

Jan. 2002 \"Identidades colectivas\" in Una aproximation al net.art, chapter \"Identidad\", a course by Jaume Ferrer i Roseras and David Gomez i Fontanills

Dec. 2001 \"Essere David Still\" by Valentina Tanni, Random Exibart, Italy

AWARDS AND PRIZES

2004 Winner of the CYNETart Award 2004, CYNETart_04, Dresden, Germany

2003 Nominated for a Webby Award (Personal Website)

2003 Nominated for VIPER international Award