They've even moved into the world of physical things. ChanSchatz are an art practice as multitasking factory. Their product is constantly subsumed by their production. With much proposal writing and soft talk, they've been able to get their desk chairs from Kartell, their fabric from National Nonwovens, their digital sewing machines and embroiderers from Brother and Epson. They have over fifty such partnerships, and every nodal point, every combination of production materials, is noted.
All interactions are significant and productive.
The artist becomes a machine. Miltos Manetas Virtual Chelsea, detail 1999 Courtesy of Ginger Freeman. The culture of art may be slow to assimilate such a pure take on technology as ChanSchatz's, or it may toss its reservations into a vitrine and display them as antiques in the new Digital Art Museum currently being built in Chelsea and due to open in 2000. Artists working with new technology are always at a crossroads. They suffer distorted expectations.