Art imitates life - Tate Triennial 2009 piece apes twitter?

One of the first reactions I had reading about the Bob & Roberta Smith installation, Off Voice Fly Tip, at the Tate Triennial 2009 was that its form is that of a series of tweets.



According to Frieze (http://www.frieze.com/issue/review/tate_t/), the piece is updated every Friday with a new object, prompted by conversations between the artist and curator that week.

A bit like a 'what are you doing now' update with artistic merit.

I like when this happens. When a new social behaviour sufaces in an artistic field. It feels like a validation. The micro-broadcast - in online text, or art installation - of current personal experience seems to me one of the most significant changes in communication since the telephone.

Better hurry up and see it.