As part of the 'Rules of the Game" series of exhibitions, during April and May 2007, a screen was installed at the entrance to the Surface Gallery. It displayed a grid divided into small rectangles.

Each one of these could be 'occupied' by soneone.

Next to the screen were postcards with instructions about how to take part (rules of this particular 'game) - how to 'occupy' one of these rectangles. Gallery visitors were asked to follow the instructions and then invite 5 of their friends to do the same.

As more people took part, so more rectangles became 'occupied'. The image changed on a daily basis and the work 'expands' both visually and as a possible network on the web.

There were three ways to take part:

[1] Visit the Surface Gallery to collect the instructions.
[2] Hear about the instructions by word of mouth, or
[3] Being invited by someone who has already taken part.

Social connections 'spread' around the Internet - each person 'digitally' touching the next.

You can follow those connections by viewing the grid of pulsating rectangles here. The small world map, to the right of this screen, charts every location from which artworkornetwork is being viewed. Each red dot represents someone viewing on the Internet.

There were five diverse exhibitons (one a week) during the Rules of the Game series. Each had its own private view, each with its own collection of supporters. Five chances to 'see' how the artworkornetwork screen was developing.

For images of each of the exhibitions, go here

artworkornetwork was a gallery based/web installation by UK artist Andrew Pepper.
It is made up of 8,171 elements: This website, and 8,170 people who can take part.