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Artist biography::
Yael Kanarek is a media artist. She has been developing
her project "World of Awe" for the past six
years. The latest version of the website was launched
in July 2000. World of Awe versions 1995,
1997 and 2000 have been added to Rhizome's Artbase. Ms.
Kanarek is a recipient of the New York
Foundation for the Arts 2001 fellowship award, The Alternative
Museum Digital Commission 2000
and is currently an artist-in-residence at Harvestworks
through which she is working on a music CD
in collaboration with composter Yoav Gal. She has been
showing her online and offline work
internationally. "World of Awe" has been included
in festivals in Brazil, France, England, Germany,
Netherlands, Israel and the USA.
World of Awe (WOA) is based on an original non-linear
narrative written in magical realism that uses
the ancient genre of the traveler's tale to explore the
connections between storytelling, 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. World of Awe
uncovers the journal of a traveler in search of a lost
treasure. The journal was found on a laptop. As
described in travel log 658/*4.2, the laptop was built
from old hardware and software found in Silicon
Canyon.
links to all projects by Yael Kanarek:: http://www.worldofawe.net |
