Color Plate

No.1. Art-Reseaux, "Call Back? Hang Up?," frame from an itinerary in the Paris Reseau guide, telecommunications network-in-progress project, 1993-present. (Photo: Karen O'Rourke.) Texts, images and sounds collected in various ways before, during and after a performance event by members of the group Art-Reseaux form different layers of the Paris Reseau guide, a hypermedia database resulting from the project. (See Artist's Article by Karen O'Rourke.) COLOR PLATE A No.2. Jiirgen Claus and Nora Claus with Wolfgang Krug (technical consultant), Solar Crystal, steel, Plexiglas and various materials, 5 X 4 m, 1995; (left) day view; (right) night view. Six photovoltaic panels face south to collect the light of the sun. The energy collected in the solar cells is stored in six large solar batteries (not visible in the photograph ). The duration of the internal illumination of the Solar Crystal is dependent on the amount of light falling on the panels. (See SolArt Global Network section.) COLOR PLATE B No. I. Steve Miller, Portrait of Isabel Goldsmith, acrylic silkscreen on canvas, 122 x 122 em, 1994. Starting with a blood sample, the artist works from an electron-microscopic photograph of the model's chromosomes, combining medical imagery with paint. (See Artists' Statements section.) No.2. Lillian F. Schwartz, Homage to Duchamp, Nude Ascending the Staircase, computer -generated etching, 1970. A photosensitive aluminum plate was coated in a gold color, then covered in blue. After exposure to a photograph, the plate was etched. No.3. Marcel.li Antunez Roca, Epizoo, performance installation including computer with touch screen, relay-controlled pneumatic valves, MIDI-controlled lighting and sound, digital projector, air compressor , gas bottle and electromechanically controlled orthopedic equipment, 1994. (Coproduction: MarceLli Antunez, SergiJordii and Lorna Productions. Photo: Martin L. Vargas.) Epizoo is a performance -installation in which a series of pneumatic mechanisms deform parts of the artist's body. The pneumatic mechanisms are operated by viewers, who interact with a touch screen that presents 12 different virtual representations of the artist's body. (See the Leonardo Gallery section. ) ...