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Praeternatural | Michele Barker | Aust | 2001
Praeternatural aims to present a genealogical exploration of the cultural, medical and scientific role of the monster in Western culture and questions its contemporary contextualisations due to developments in the area of bio-medical and genetic research.
Michele Barker has worked as an artist with the area of new media for the past ten years. She currently lectures in Photomedia at the College of Fine Arts, UNSW, where she completed her PhD. M.Barker@unsw.edu.au

believe the hype(r) text: quick as a flash | Daniel Donahoo | Aust | 2001
A hypertextural CD ROM which explores issues of techno-relationships and techno-hype.
Daniel Donahoo is a multimedia creator and performer. He has won music, poetry and writing awards- been heard on JJJ and is currently working on a project called "Lilly Loop".d_danahoo@primus.com.au

City of Spare Parts | Samantha Fermo | Aust | 2000
New and unfamiliar environments, such as cities are experienced in fragments, pieces and parts. The format in the City of Spare Parts is cyclic, as it is based on this concept of momentary interactions. The interface design is based on the concept of a mud map.
Born in 1966. BVA 1st class Honours Illustration 1993 Queensland College of Art. Post Graduate Diploma Animation and Interactive Media RMIT 2000. samfermo@ozemail.com.au

Juvenate | Glaser/Hutchison/Xavier | Aust | 2001
Juvenate is an interactive narrative exploring the duality of decay and rejuvenation, through a progression of poignantly beautiful moments from one man's life.
Past collaborations between Xavier and Glaser include "Tetragenia", a net based artwork (1999 Festival of Perth ). In production is "Doctor Pancoast's Cabinet De Curiousite". Hutchison is senior lecturer in Multimedia at Curtin University. glaser@wanteree.com.au

Agony of JC | Aarre Karkkaien & Hilkka Okkonen | Finland | 2001
Jesus has returned onto Earth.
Agony of JC was produced by two Finnish artists: Aarre Karkkainen & Hilkka Okkonen. aarre@karkka.pp.fi

Interactive Paintings and Constructions | James K-M | Canada | 2000-1995
Art may be the only solution that creates environments for the problem of rootless disembodiment which the electric age has created. The artist creates the environment of pattern that emerges out of our collected pasts.
James K-M has been working with digital media for 11 years and has been teaching Macromedia Director for 5 years at Langara College in Vancouver, BC, Canada. He is also a visual artist and in 1997 was nominated for a Bravo TV PeopleÕs Choice award for Digital Artist of the Year. electric@telus.net

s_p_a_t_i_a_l | Tanja Kimme | Aust | 2000
An exploration of the mystical dimensions and our understanding of space/s and its meaning in the modern world. This work presents a non-linear journey through categories of space perception and use.
Born 1974 in Karlsruke Germany. Lived: Burundi Africa, 3 years; Jakarta Indonesia 7 years; Lima Peru 2 years; Bonn and Detmold Germany 3 and 5 years; Singapore 1 year; Now living: Sydney Australia since 3 years. Bachelor of Visual Arts 2000 (Electronic Arts) Sydney College of the Arts. oibibio@ozemail.com.au

Consumatic | Chris Mabin | Aust | 2000
Consumatic takes the user on an emersive journey through an urban environment, focussing on consumerism and the endless cycle of human action and reaction in a capitalist society.
Chris Mabin recently completed an Advanced Diploma for Arts (multimedia) in 2000 at Victoria University. He is currently teaching multimedia, and freelancing on assorted projects in the multimedia industry. chrismabin@hotmail.com

Esoth Eric (off-line/ on-line project) Calin Man | Romania | 2000
The project Esoth Eric has been developed on a given equation that has 1, 0 or -1 as a result. Applied to the life and works of an imaginary character from reVoltaire archive, to any other author, to the archive itself, the equation develops and reveals a new work.
Born in 1961, Romania. Educated in Timisoara University B.A. in literature. Chief editor and designer of Intermedia magazine. Member of Kinema Ikon group. revoltaire@go.ro

Darkness Loiters | Kate Sparke Richards | Aust | 2000
Based on scene-of-crime photographs from Sydney in the 1940s and 50s, 'Darkness Loiters' is part of the 'Life After Wartime' series. This interactive story engine generates thousands of narrative image/text/music strings from visitors' choices.
Producer: Kate Sparke Richards; Writer: Ross Gibson; Programmer: Greg White; Composer: Chris Abrahams; Designer: Aaron Rogers Kate.Richards@bigpond.com