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... the delicate social ecology of the net.'' -- Randall Packer, San Jose Museum of Art, April 1998. The Telegarden went...

Sound-Installation "Mori" is an Internet-based earthwork that engages the earth as a living medium. In this installation, minute movements of the Hayward Fault in California are detected by a seismograph, converted to digital signals, and

... culture. (source: http://telematic.walkerart.org/datasphere/packer_index.html)

... genie voices were played by storytellers Kevin Brooks, Laura Packer and Raelinda Woad. We would also like to thank Nyssim Lefford...

One of the most ancient parables depicting the experience of self was the legend of Narcissus, who fell in love with his own image reflected in a perfect pool of water. Narcissus ultimately destroyed himself in the unresolved predicament of

This sensation of absorption and the loss of one’s presence also finds its roots in the fear of souls being captured in mirrors. The Etruscan word for soul, hinthial, literally means, "image reflected in a mirror." [prototype installation] (source:

In contemporary times we may ask: is the search for self-knowledge extended and amplified through the medium of digital media? Or, do we find ourselves in a crisis - like that of Narcissus’ confusion or the loss of the soul - in which we can no

Live audio-visual transformation and dematerialization of the viewer. [prototype] (source: http://www.zakros.com/projects/narcissus/index.html)

Narcissus' Well was originally inspired by the seminal Pepsi Pavilion, which was created by E.A.T. (Experiments in Art & Technology) for Expo ’70 in Osaka, Japan. In the Pepsi Pavilion, a 90-foot diameter spherical mirror engaged viewers in the