Dear Everyone,

Today’s artist is a net artist named John Michael Boling.  He does some interesting mashups of web tools, services, and popular culture.

Take a look at his site for some great work.

http://johnmichaelboling.com/

Please click through these links, as they are made to be viewed online - using the browser as a frame.

The two I’d like to specifically feature are:

Lord of the Flies

http://www.gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooogle.com/lordof.html

This page contains two quicktime files that play simultaneously.  The one sounds like a midi soundtrack to Twin Peaks (I found a separate midi file which I’ve attached the midi file for your listening pleasure.)  And the other is a video of the gathering worship of many many mouse pointers towards the GOOGLE logo on the search engine page…  Magnificent.

The other is Four Weddings and a Funeral.

http://www.gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooogle.com/fourweddings.html

A mashup of four youtube videos of peoples weddings and one youtube video of a funeral.  Its rather bizarre as they all play simultaneously on our screens thanks to the marvelous power of the streaming internet.  Its almost like a sensory overload of unknown peoples private moments.