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IBM - Digital
Alchemy

From Erik Adigard/M.A.D.'s epic, The Last Fairy Tale: "To access information we consume stories. To believe the stories we choose to read them as information. We establish the veracity of the information by how well the story is told. The media is not defined by its content but by how it chooses to tell the story."

The Internet is a passionless expanse no more. Amee Evans fashions plug-and-play emotion modules. Build your own tantrums. Give your email a laugh track. Perfect for the manic-depressive in all of us.

Richard Manley wrote: "I read of a dog who, once hit by an automobile he was chasing, remained fearful of that block but continued to pursue cars. What is the function of knowledge in the pursuit of wisdom?" Erik Adigard/M.A.D. has illustrated Manley's parable with a QuickTime.

In a rare look inside Jacob Stewart's head, MushMouth, we witness the transformation of his teeth - in reverse.

J. Michael James' virtual sculpture Infinite Condor soars through cyberspace. If you look at this 57k still image, you will see that the condor's surface is composed of smaller condors, dwindling into infinity, multiplying forever...

It's my feet... now it's my legs... now it's my.... What happens when your body becomes a hard, grinding, larger-than-life machine, and what will your girlfriend think? Our friend and fringe film guru Richard Kadrey recommends the under-recognized video masterpiece, Shinya Tsukamoto's Tetsuo: The Iron Man.

Supersonic desktop travel from Angel Studios. Swallow a Dramamine and make sure your seat is anchored down.

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