----------------------------------- --HOME ----------------------------------- --Programming --Fonds documentaire --International exhibition --Publications --Educational services --Archives home > exhibition > Life in Real Time / QUICK MODE > Dorion Berg Dorion Berg Vue de l'exposition   ASCII Alphabet by Dorion Berg combines two alphabets: the binary alphabet (0 - 1) of computer-programming language and the traditional alphabet as illustrated in schoolbooks of the 1950s and 1960s. In the clash of these two worlds, Berg reveals the changes in our relationship with the world through the abstract languages that we use. Beginning and ending with the annoying noise of a modem in the process of hooking up, this work, with minimalist graphic and sound qualities, runs full speed through its inexorable logic, its short history of the simplification of information and its vehicles. Dorion Berg is pursuing a program of interdisciplinary studies in Montreal, where he recently presented sound sculptures in a solo exhibition at Galerie SKOL. His video ASCII Alphabet won the Prix Vidéoformes, awarded at the Vidéoformes 2001 event, the 16th International Festival of Video Art and Multimedia in Clermont-Ferrand, France, and the people's prize, "V is for video" category, at the 13th Annual Images, Festival of Independent Film and Video, held in Toronto in 2000.   Dorion Berg, ASCII Alphabet (extrait), 1999, bande vidéo, 5 min.