Here is Mark Napier's Shredder
http://www.potatoland.org/shredder/
Shredder is typical of much digital art because it is an artwork that places importance on
1. Formal instructions
Shredder has clear instructions to teach people how to use the website. The audiences put a link on it and it generate picture which shows the website in different way.
2.The concept rather than art object
The concept of Shredder is to"present the global internet structure as a chaotic, irrational, raucous collage." The idea is important part of the artwork rather than the images shown.
3.The event and audience participation
Audience can freely choose the links to put on and there will be different consequence.
4.An interest in random events or chance
When you put a link on it, Shredder shows the web in a random way.
5.Borrowing or appropriation
It appropriates the data of the web in order to transform it. In other words, it has to borrow other web sites to finish the images.
WONG WING comment: You are successful to give the basic information that easy for the people to easy understand the basic function and characteristics of Shredder. It is much better if you can give a example of using Shredder to browse other website and give some comments on it, so it can show how powerful does Shredder can do.
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