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The work “Rara Avis” (1996) of Eduardo Kac consists of a large cage, in which thirty real birds (zebra finches) and a telerobot, which looks like a rare bird, take place. In the macaw’s eyes are installed two cameras with Charge-Coupled Devices

I first conceived the Telepresence Garment in 1995 to investigate the notion of the mediascape as an expanded cloth; i.e., to consider wireless networking as a new fabric that envelops the body. The Garment, which I finished in 1996, gives

A metal ring with 3-meter diameter is placed on the floor, and thirty to forty 20cm long insect like robots are moving in there. The robots start moving when activated as the solar sensors on their backs detect larger quantity of light. The robots

IKI-IKI Phone is a multi-user, networked Artificial Life (= Alife) art game for the I-mode mobile phones. In this sys- tem, subscribed users can create Artificial Life creatures (= IKI-IKI pets), interact with these pets, feed them, take care

Tracking the Net is a collective, interactive platform, a multi-user interface platform that combines motion capture and virtual reality. The installation has been projected to host interactive teams, which can experience a shared environment in

ANNA is Anna Karenina. ANDY is Andy Warhol. ANNA AND ANDY uses Tolstoys novel as a script which drives a computer-generated re-creation of Warhol´s "Screen Tests." Interpretation (Lev Manovich, Los Angeles, 8.12.2000) -------------

According to Info-Aesthetics Doctrine (www.manovich.net/IA), the society in which gathering, processing and distribution of information play central role needs its own art forms. These forms should take into account information behaviors and

The installation is a 2-level schematization of this telematic Gaia. One level is presented in tents, with computer graphic images contributed by networkers around the world, and which can be further manipulated by participants in the tents.

The «daily news» was the theme of this project in which more than 100 artists on three continents participated. The artists worked with computers, video text, slow-scan-TV, and telefax. The live activities in Venice lasted a period of 14 days,

The World Generator / The Engine of Desire (1996-present) marks an expansion of Seaman's work into the realm of virtual environments. Seaman collaborating with the programmer Gideon May authored a complex virtual world generator that enables