Artist Statement

Desktop IS
http://www.easylife.org/desktop/desktop_is.html

desktop is the main element of a human -
machine interface
desktop is your window to the digital world
desktop is your first step into virtual reality
desktop is a reflection of your individuality
desktop is your everyday visual environment
desktop is an extension of your organs
desktop is the face of your computer
desktop is your everyday torture and joy
desktop is your own little masterpiece
desktop is your castle
desktop is a seducer
desktop is a reliever
desktop is your enemy
desktop is your friend
desktop is a psychoanalyst
desktop is your little helper
desktop is your link to other people
desktop is a device for meditation
desktop is the membrane that mediates
transactions between client and server
desktop is a substitute for so many other things

desktop is a question
desktop is the answer

  Artist Biography

Artist, curator

born 1963 in Moscow
lives and works in Moscow

1988 Founded "Immediate Photography" group
1994-95 Teached photography/contemporary art at United Art Workshops,
Moscow
1994 Created electronic photogallery "Hot Pictures" on the Internet
1995 Founded Moscow WWWArt Centre( http://www.cs.msu.su/wwwart)
1995-96 Seminars on WWW/Internet at Moscow WWWArt Centre
1997 Invented Form Art (http://www.c3.hu/collection/form)
1998 Started Easylife site (http://www.easylife.org)

Participant of over 60 exhibitions and a number of symposiums on
photography/contemporary art/new media/communications.

Author and curator of several Internet projects.