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Constant Dullaart always insists on the authenticity of his name and surname, and if necessary, he is ready to show his passport and birth certificate. Constant is a visual artist who ironically explores new modes of imagining and using the internet as a medium. His research is focused on the contemporary language of images and re-contextualizing material found on the Web. For the project No Sunshine he removed the sun from romantic sunset pictures he had found on Flickr. For him, the Web is a space, a landscape, a world to investigate in all its various parts. Constant has an interest in the default style of Web-based platforms. His works have been shown internationally, and one of the most distinguished is YouTube as a subject.

"First of all I have to say that I disliked the YouTube design and video quality in 2005 when it started to come out—the chaotic site structure, the badly designed layout, and the obnoxious play button. After a few years it was clear that YouTube had won the battle of online video hosting. [...] This caused me to wonder why the obnoxious play button had not been used as a subject since it was the first image people would see before watching all these important reference videos, art, wedding, news, etc. The play button is the starting point regardless of whether it’s a meme video, a Joseph Beuys performance, a Warhol screen test, or an instructional video. Every single one starts with the same image."