[Pardon for cross-posting] CONTACT: Yael Kanarek [EMAIL PROTECTED] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: A TRAVELER'S TALE IN CYBERSPACE http://www.worldofawe.net New York, NY, July 11, 2000 -- Treasurecrumbs is proud to announce the latest release of "World of Awe" by media artist Yael Kanarek. The website is an online narrative that uses the ancient genre of the traveler's tale to explore the connections between narrative, memory & technology. A treasure hunt takes place in a desert terrain called the sunset/sunrise, where the determination to find the lost treasure meets nostalgia for speculated technology and longing for a loved one left behind. Treasure crumbs found in excavation sites, oddly, resemble candy sprinkles. Written in the literary style of magical realism, "World of Awe" contains a collection of love letters that open from digital landscapes and journal entries that describe events from the expedition. Also included are detailed technical descriptions of three navigation tools: The map, the moodRingBaby and the magnifying glass. "I'm constantly drawn to the intimate 'loving' aspect of working in the digital environments where narrative and code become one. Where code and binaries expand the non-verbal experience of the narrative," says Ms. Kanarek. Visitors to "World of Awe" are greeted with the sound of hollowing wind and an invitation to enter an interface that appears like an awkward application, which claims to mirror the content stored on the laptop used by the traveler. "I printed the output and wrote your name on the back then folded it into a tiny ball and left it on the motherboard next to me. I sat there for a while...just sat there...mind wandering, gazing into nowhere. A dung beetle climbed on the motherboard. It approached my letter, sniffed my little love ball then got on its forelegs and rolled it away off the motherboard and under an old Pentium 7 Gateway 2300 PC (I recognized it by the udder on its case). I reached out to my backpack pulling out a few strips of dodo jerky and crackers for dinner. A quiet thought was wondering how long it would take for my message to arrive at its destination." --excerpt from the chapter Silicon Canyon. "World of Awe" is a production of Treasurecrumbs, conceived and developed by Yael Kanarek. DHTML & Perl programming by Luis Perez. Sound design by Raw Dog. Edited by Rebecca Turner. "World of Awe" has been in development since 1995. A previous version of the site is archived on the SFMOMA website. An "Art Dirt" online interview/performance is accessible through the Walker Art Center website. "World of Awe" is hosted by RSUB-The Razorfish Subnetwork and is a participant in FILE, International Electronic Language Festival in S�o Paulo, Brazil in August. Visit "World of Awe" on the web at http://www.worldofawe.net. The site is accessible through any 4.X web browser and requires a Flash plugin. Contact Yael Kanarek at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
