Mini-Manifesto

I am a new media artist. My work addresses questions of identity, virtual reality, playfulness, and the social construction of reality.

I work with any materials and format that seem relevant to the topic under consideration: I have constructed a self-portrait in blog posts for HiLobrow.com, conducted a 10-month movie on Twitter, and am investigating the uncanny pull of the internet on our attention via #scryberspace, a search-engine oracle. I have created a series of embroidered, earnable merit badges, and made a SmartJacket that links to my Twitter feed.

I've made films using filmstrips, PowerPoint and found footage, and I sold the #1 on eBay. I've created walking tours and online sound pieces that collage spoken word, music and found sounds to map virtual spaces onto reality. Other materials range from Second Life avatars, cell phones, orange traffic cones, Sharpies, apples, and fiction.

I collaborate with other artists on films, websites, and installations; participate in occasional musical and performance pieces, and write about art, film, culture-jamming, reenactments, animals, the virtual life, and anything D.I.Y.

Thanks for stopping by,

—Peggy Nelson