The agony and the ecstasy at Vox’s AUX  My first outing to AUX,
the newish performance space at Vox Populi Gallery, last week
was an extraordinary mix of pain and transcendence. The event,
Rhythms of Time Sharing (RoTS), showcased several
communications-technology-based performances, including work
from artists based here, in the nation and across the pond. The
event, presented by the London-based collective KIOSK, was a
curatorial exploration of the current state of new media in art.
In Talk to Me, Joao Enxuto and Erica Love read to each other
text messages supplied by the audience.  The high point–using
text messages–was an interactive performance by Brooklyn-based
artists Joao Enxuto and Erica Love, who collaborate under the
name the original copy. In their performance Talk to Me, they
play a couple reading text messages to each other, the texts
supplied by the audience.  It was a dark and rainy weeknight,
however, and the audience in AUX was small, less than 20 when I
counted. But the audience was greate