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Responses In the tight cadence of a sonnet, words are weighted -- words create worlds in their associations. Bunting takes hypertext from word to world in a vast array of real or potential associations in the kingdom of "dot.com." By making each word a hypertext link, his personal life is intimately associated with the vast expanse of the Internet. While most single words reach a link, others go nowhere at present but patiently wait to be registered as an Internet domain name. Like a modern-day Tristan Tzara pulling words out of a hat, Bunting's links provide interesting commentary on who controls a word. Who would have thought that "art.com" would take one to Advanced Rotorcraft Technology.
BuntingÕs single page of text relates personal experiences in a kind of CV/press release form. The gray type on white is hard to read at first. As you make a selection, the followed link goes black creating new visual associations among bold words. BuntingÕs third person narrative relates episodes in his life ranging from "happenings" using coordinated calls to public telephones, to illusionistic means to defeat security cameras, and other acts of techno intervention. Within the multitude of word links, he deliberately provides no route for his own name or events associated with his life. These words are in very light gray against the white ÒpageÓ of the CRT. The personal gray words seem to fade even more as new word links are followed and become jet black. The personal begins to disappear into the commercial world of dot.com.
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