A selection of works with texts descriptions and links documenting the work of media artist Joseph DeLappe.

1. Joseph DeLappe Selected works 1996-2010 http:// www.delappe.net

2. Masturbatory Interactant , 1996 Computer interactive kinetic sculpture and projected video installation. Inspired by Marcell Duchamp's ”The Large Glass”, 1926, a reproduction of “The Chocolate Grinder”, the drums of which are covered with laser barcodes. These are randomly scanned by a mechanized barcode reader selecting video imagery for projection upon a fan propelled, floating female part sex doll inside a clear vinyl enclosure.

3. Artist’s Mouse , 1998 – 2008 Mouse prosthetic device designed to physically map computer usage utilizing traditional drawing media. The “Artist’s Mouse” has been used to create a series of drawings and paintings mapping daily computer use (including the first projects incorporating computer gaming into my creative practice in 1998).

4. Howl: Star Trek Elite Force Voyager Online , 2001 First in a series of experimental online gaming performances. Connecting to this popular online first person shooter game as “Allen Ginsberg” to perform/read/type in it’s entirely Ginsberg’s seminal beat poem “Howl” using the ingame text messaging system (the performance took over 7 hours to complete).

5. Quake/Friends , 2003 Online gaming performance involving six gamers each connecting to the same Quake 3 Arena server. The group performed via the game’s text messaging system an entire episode from the popular television sitcom Friends . Monica, Chandler, Ross, Rachel, Phoebe and Joey performed live both ingame and before an audience at the Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery.

6. The Great Debates 3 – The Sims Online , 2004 Third in a series of performative reenactments immediately following each of the 2004 Bush vs. Kerry Presidential Debates. The first taking place in Battlefield Vietman , the second in Star Wars Jedi Knight Outcast.

7. East of Fallon – Highway 50 Nevada , 2003 Telematic installation featuring a meticulously recreated diorama of a section of Highway 50 created within the surface of a rotating kinetic sculpture. A networked video camera records a live image that simulates the effect of driving at night on this section of road of “the loneliest road in America”. The resulting image is both projected upon an adjoining wall of the gallery and fed live as streaming video to the internet.

8. dead-in-iraq , 2006 - ongoing Online gaming memorial/protest taking place in the defense department funded America’s Army FPS computer game. This intervention involves the use of the game’s text messaging system to physically type in the name, age, service branch and date of death of each U.S. military casualty from the war in Iraq.

9. The Fake New York Times , 2008 Article written for this interventionist’s project which was distributed on November 12, 2008 as both a print and online “special edition”. http://nytimes-se.com /

10. America’s Diplomat , 2008 Fake website created as part of the fake NYTimes story “Popular America’s Army Video Game, Recruiting Tool Cancelled”. The website is linked to the online edition and was created by directly appropriating the design of the official America’s Army web portal. http:// www.americasdiplomat.com /

11. iraqimemorial.org , 2007 - ongoing Online exhibition and open call for the posting of memorial concepts to the thousands of civilian casualties in the Iraq war. As of 2010 there are over 170 proposals and projects posted to the site. In 2009 selected works were featured in a physical exhibition of the project at the Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery at UNR. In 2010 the exhibition will travel to San Jose, California and New York City. http:// www.iraqimemorial.org /

12. The Salt Satyagraha Online – Gandhi’s March to Dandi in Second Life , 2008 Mixed reality, durational performance/reenactment of Gandhi’s famous 1930 protest march. A customized treadmill was utilized to translates propel my avatar Mgandhi throughout the confines of the online community of Second Life. From March 12 to April 6 th , 2008 at Eyebeam in NYC Mgandhi and I walked a total of 240 miles. http:// saltmarchsecondlife.wordpress.com /

13. The Salt Satyagraha Online – Gandhi’s March to Dandi in Second Life , 2008 Screen shot of Mgandhi Chakrabarti interacting with one of the many residents of Second Life encountered during the march.

14. Mgandhi 1 and 2 , 2008 Three dimensional rapid-prototyped polymer sculptures created from the extracted data of my Mgandhi avatar. In the foreground is an 8” version painted white. In the background is a 12” version treated with gold leaf as show at the Guangzhou Triennial.

15. Cardboard Gandhi , 2008-2009 17’ tall cardboard sculpture, the third in a series as constructed for the “All That is Solid Melts into Air” exhibition, Mechelen, Belgium. This image is of the same sculpture as re-installed for ISEA ‘09 Belfast. The first cardboard Gandhi was created and shown at Eyebeam in NYC, the second was created at the Guangdong Museum of Art, China.

16. Twitter Torture – Mgandhi in Jail , 2009 - 2010 From May 5, 2009- January 26th, 2010 I reenacted Gandhi’s post-Salt March prison term. Mgandhi Chakrabarti was held in a recreation in Second Life of the jail cell at the Puna Jail for 9 months, 24/7. Beginning July 4 th , 2009, Mgandhi began daily “readings” from the Bush era “torture memos”. These readings were manually typed into local chat then fed from Second Life to my twitter and facebook accounts. Here you see Mgandhi reaching his arms skyward as he tweets each line of text from the memos. http:// saltmarchsecondlife.wordpress.com /

17. Twitter Torture – Mgandhi in Jail , 2009 – 2010 My twitter page showing Mgandhi’s text feed directly from his performative reading in Second Life.

18. Twitter Torture – Mgandhi in Jail , 2009 – 2010 The resulting tweets as fed to my Facebook page.

19. The gg Hootenanny – Gandhi’s Release Party and Global Gaming Singalong! , 2010 On January 26, 2010, the anniversary of Gandhi’s 1931 release from the Puna Jail, Mgandhi was freed from his cell in Second Life. To commemorate his release, a day long, telematic music festival was held. Inviting participation from individuals worldwide, featuring songs of “freedom and protest” as performed by celebrity avatars and a live singalong using voice chat technology. http:// gghootenanny.blogspot.com /

20. NoneOfTheseCandidates Macbain! 2010 Parodic web project representing my 2010 avatar candidate for the U.S. Senate. http:// www.noneofthesecandidatesmacbain.com /

21. Angry Chipmunk Campaign Ad , 2010 One of a series of internet “memes” appropriated and enhanced as campaign videos for NoneOfTheseCandidates Macbain. http:// www.noneofthesecandidatesmacbain.com /

22. Joseph DeLappe University of Nevada, Reno [email_address] http://www.delappe.net