This work is an archetypal work of tsunamii.net, whose work often conjures ridiculous scenarios and challenges about technology.
CRUSH YOUR SERVER: Although the act of crushing/destroying the computer suggests a Neo-Luddite (2) reaction towards technology, it is only one facet of the work. The act of destroying the server brings up an interesting proposition: the physicality of the ‘internet’.
When the client computer fails to find the data from the server, the browser has an error — “cannot find server — xx,” and a list of instructions and reasons appears to rectify the problem. Interestingly, we know the reason why the server cannot be found, but the client computer does not. This brings out another aspect of the internet: the physical relationship between the server and the client. Only when the data/server does not exist or fails to function, then the internet user is reminded of this relationship.
Excerpt from tsunamii.net site
