carrier

inception: 1999

Description

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

attributed to: Melinda Rackham

inception: 11 July 2001

Legacy descriptive tags

Melinda Rackham, carrier

Attribution: Melinda Rackham

tactical, Narrative, collider, allegory, VRML, queer, posthuman, netart, meme, language, identity, gender, body, artificial life, Shockwave, QuickTime, Perl, Javascript, Java, HTML, DHTML, Visual, Text, audio, Animation

Attribution: Rhizome staff

Metadata

Descriptive Data

artist: Melinda Rackham

title: carrier

inception: 1999

Variant History

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access URL: http://www.subtle.net/carrier

inception: 1999

associated with: Melinda Rackham