Agatha Appears

WORK DATA

Creator:
Olia Lialina
Category:
ARTWORK
Type:
network art
Keywords:
net.art
Creation Date:
1997
Language:
English
Web:
http://www.c3.hu/collection/agatha/
Description:
The work presents the dialogue between a system administrator just fired and Agatha, a lost country girl. SysAd reveals the tremendous possibilities of this new vehicle - the Internet which transcends the space and time. Through Agatha's hypertext global journey from one place into another Olia Lialina investigates the non-linear and decentralized structures of the Net.

More Information

Original Title (English):
Agatha Appears
Presentation Date:
1997
Additional Information:
This artwork was the subject of a net.art restoration project: "Agatha re-Appears" and was reconstructed in 2008:
http://www.incca.org/resources/106-preservation/390-wysocka-e-agatha-re-appears-net-art-resoration-project