Statement
This is a postcard I received from Dooley LaCapellaine just after I first conceived of "Empire 24/7," an installation displaying "real time" images of the Empire State Building. Instructions for viewing: "Empire 24/7" is intended as an installation piece (projector or plasma screen) and NOT as a webcam display in a browser window. It will work nonetheless under some conditions if you want to take a peek. You'll need Netscape, since MS Explorer doesn't interpret server push (unless you find the right plug-in). To receive continuous server push updates, you have to set your cache to 0 (look under preferences/advanced).

Bio
Wolfgang Staehle lives and works in New York City. His work has been exhibited at Yerba Buena Arts Center, San Francisco (2000), the ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany (1999), the Musee d'art Contemparain, Lyon, France (1999), documentaX, Kassel, Germany (1997), Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria (1995), and the Centre Pompidou, Paris, France (1993). From 1991 to the present he has directed THE THING, a contemporary arts network and BBS (http://bbs.thing.net).