C.U.K.T.

Poland

C.U.K.T.

Poland

C.U.K.T. [Centralny Urząd Kultury Technicznej], or the Central Office of Technical Culture, was a project by a group of multimedia artists from Gdańsk, including Rafał Ewertowski, Robert Michał Jurkowski, Jacek Niezgoda, Maciej Sienkiewicz, and Piotr Wyrzykowski. The group’s most notable action was the 2001 presidential campaign for their candidate, Wiktoria CUKT. However, Wiktoria was a purely virtual entity controlled by a computer program called “Citizen Election Software.” This program, available online, allowed citizens to collectively shape the political views of the fictional candidate.

Fiction Talk #1 Piotr Wyrzykowski

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In 2001, the Gdańsk-based artist collective CUKT (Centralny Urząd Kultury Technicznej, or Central Bureau of Technical Culture) – including Rafał Ewertowski, Robert Michał Jurkowski, Jacek Niegoda, Maciej Sienkiewicz, and Piotr Wyrzykowski – launched an unconventional campaign for a fictional presidential learn more
In 2001, the Gdańsk-based artist collective CUKT (Centralny Urząd Kultury Technicznej, or Central Bureau of Technical Culture) – including Rafał Ewertowski, Robert Michał Jurkowski, Jacek Niegoda, Maciej Sienkiewicz, and Piotr Wyrzykowski – launched an unconventional campaign for a fictional presidential candidate, Wiktoria Cukt. Operating as a “virtual personality,” Wiktoria had no intrinsic views and was learn more

Wiktoria Cukt: A Virtual Presidential Candidate (2001)

C.U.K.T.