September 01, 2006
Turbulence Commission:
THE ESSENCE OF A NATION: CHINESE VIRTUAL PERSONS ON THE NET
THE ESSENCE OF A NATION: CHINESE VIRTUAL PERSONS ON THE NET by XiaoQian [needs Macromedia Flash Player plugin; Internet Explorer 5+, Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0+, or Safari 1.0+]
My name is XiaoQian, I am an artist and I create virtual persons online. For this website I created 6 chinese virtual persons: Mu Yuming a painter, Shaxpir a hip-hop singer, Wang Shy a ghost in a traditional garden, He Zhengjun a carpenter working with wood and text, Yi Zhe a guest in a wedding and myself XiaoQian. My e-mail is xiaoqian at virtualperson.net
"THE ESSENCE OF A NATION: CHINESE VIRTUAL PERSONS ON THE NET" is a 2005 commission of New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc., (aka Ether-Ore) for its Turbulence web site. It was made possible with funding from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
BIOGRAPHY: XiaoQian is a Chinese artist. Her art is to create virtual persons online. She has also designed herself as a virtual person. Her real life identity may never be disclosed.
Posted by jo at September 1, 2006 01:58 PM
