Statement
This is a notation I made while creating a world wide web version of my "Dystopia" sound mix. The conceptual focus of this work is an exploration of the impact the internet has had on expressions of identity. This work combines screen images from CUSeeMe reflector sites, text sequences from real-time chat sessions and my "Dystopia" sound mix which combines audio clips of Christine Nadir, Mark Tribe and Yael Kanarek reflecting on net-based communication. Layers of sound samples from dot com advertisements on AM radio fade in and out while the work as a whole has the combined effect of functioning like an extended, self-reflective conversation taking place in both real and delayed time, mirroring our anxieties regarding on-line communication in an era obsessed with technology.

Bio
Tina LaPorta is a media artist who lives and works in New York City. Her most recent work has been created specifically for the Internet. She was recently a recipient of The Alternative Museum's 2000 Web Residency Commission where she completed her world wide web mix: "Re:mote_corp@REALities." In 1999, Ms. LaPorta received a commission for the creation of "Distance," a web-specific work hosted on Turbulence.org (New York) with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. "Distance" has been chosen as a semi-finalist in the Arts and Culture category of the Fourth Annual Global Information Infrastructure (GII) Awards.