Leonardo Electronic Almanac announces the launching of its
newly-reconstructed Gallery with Carl DiSalvo's "Blinded…. as I stared
into the Heavens." This work is based on the work of Georges Bataille,
primarily on Bataille's notion of "The Impossible"–the indefinite
reality of actions taken to the extreme: sacrifice, pornography, death.
DiSalvo writes, "I began spending time with the writings of Bataille
about the time that I began engaging technology and was soon drawn into
attempts to represent not Bataille's work itself, but rather its meaning
through this medium."

The redesign of the LEA Gallery represents Phase II of the overall
redesign initiated by Patrick Maun. One of the main challenges faced is
the exploration of where the LEA Gallery fits into the larger picture of
web-based new media work. The gallery is conceived to be
ever-changing–adapting itself to both complement new projects and to
offer a framework for archiving older works. We need to hear from our
visitors: if you have comments, ideas or would like to propose a project
for the gallery, please contact curator Patrick Maun at (butoh@well.com).

The Gallery is located at: