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Carrier
(1999)
carrier investigates
viral symbiosis in the biological and virtual domains by weaving
an intimate love story between the viewer and the hepatitis
C virus.
The site integrates artificial and viral intelligence with immune
system and computer operating system discourse within the swarming
electronically networked nervous system of our planet - the
world wide web, immersing the viewer in vrml worlds, shockwave
games and java generated textual landscapes.
sHe - the intelligent viral agent - crosses our species boundary,
penetrating our cellular core, repositioning viral infection
as positive biological merging with the flesh. We become symborg
as the boundaries between human / machine / species dissolve.
Technical
Requirements: None
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Bio
Melinda Rackham
is an artist, designer and writer residing in east coast Australia,
who has been working online since 1995 in her domain www.subtle.net,
constructing imaginal and hypertextual narrative web sites. Rackham
is undertaking a Phd in Virtual Media at College of Fine Arts, UNSW
and has published on net.art in Australia and Europe, and recent conferences
include Polar Circuit in Finland, Contagion in Australia, and Invencao
in Brazil.
Her award winning web sites have been widely shown both in Australia
and Internationally - included in Beyond Interface, Arco Electronico,
Gram, Arts_Edge, Perspecta99, Maid in Cyberspace, Transmediale2000
and Art Entertainment Network.
melinda@subtle.net