Archive Cinema City 2009.

Heath Bunting / Skint, the internet beggar (Skint, internet prosjak)

descriptions of exhibition works





Programme selection: Wealth of Nations

Skint - The Internet Beggar lurking in piss and puke stinking alleys of the info supa high way squatting almost invisibly in piles of corporate data trash the internet beggar only concerned with his own addictions tries to blag a dollar off disgusted passers by:

>Excuse me mister!

>Could you spare a dollar?

>OK you humble internet beggar.

>Charge my:

credit card number: expiration date:

name as printed on card:

amount $

God bless you sir!


Biographies of the artist and groups:


Heath Bunting was born a Buddhist in Wood Green, London, UK and is able to make himself laugh. He is a co-founder of both net.art and sport-art movements and is banned for life from entering the USA for his anti GM work. His self taught andauthentically independent work is direct and uncomplicated and has never been awarded a prize or been bought or sold. He is both Britain's most important practising artist and the world's most famous computer artist. He aspires to be a skilful member of the public and is producing an expert system for identity mutation.