Statement
This is a printout of a text file of a shot by shot descripiton of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. This is an element of a net project called "201: a space algorithm," an on-line application that takes Kubrick's film to be an algorithm that can be re-configured. Our software lets people re-edit 2001: A Space Odyssey to produce extende versions (e.g. 200,001 or 2,000,001) or condensed versions (e.g. 201, 21, .21) or even reverse the shot order o the film (1002, etc). Using this tool, edits and juxtapositions are generated synthetically, and shot selection becomes a collaboration between you and the computer. The shot descriptions appear one by one in the "info" window of the final interface.

Bio
Jennifer and Kevin McCoy live and work in New York City. They each received Masters of Fine Arts degrees from Rensselear Polytechnic Institute's Integrated Electronic Arts program. Together they have created a body of work that engages in a conversation with automation. This conversation begins with their collaboration and extends to the viewer, often resulting in interactive or self-authoring artwork. Group exhibitions include "Greater New York" at the P.S.1 Center for Contemporary Art, "Tenacity" at the Swiss Institute of New York, "Subject to Sound" ad The Rotunda Gallery, "The Art Entertainment Network" at the Walker Arts Center, "The Skin Game" at Smackmellon Studios, and "Tomorrow's Home Today" at The Manchester Museum of Science as part of the ISEA Festival. They have shown both performance works and installations at Postmasters Gallery. Screenings and other works have been presented internationally at arts festivals in Poland, Japan, Switzerland, France, Germany and Holland. In 1999 they received the New York Foundation for the Arts grant in computer arts, a Jerome Foundation rant through the Walker Arts Center and were artists in residence at the Worldsviewsprogram at the World Trade Center and at Harvestworks Media Center. In 2000 they received a commission to produce a web-based art project from The Alternative Museum in New York City. Articles about their work have appeared in Spin magazine, Feed and The Independent.