Michael Swartzbeck
About the Exhibit
It was while first conceiving the theme and creating the works in this exhibit that I got the inspiration for its design, influenced by my own desire to create a Web-based art space that didn't just present the art, but became a part of the art itself. "Why make it obvious?" I thought; "Why spell it out for people when I could make it a little more obtuse, a little more cryptic -- a little more fun?"
With these ideas in mind, I came up with the idea of a Web site with no text links and no obviously meaningful buttons to click on, although the navigation buttons are fairly obvious to avoid frustrating people. Otherwise, it's wide open -- clicking on any image on these pages could yield a painting, a photograph, or a sound; some images might be vaguely suggestive of the "prize" hidden behind them, some might be totally unconnected. The only certainty would be that clicking on an image would give you something.
