four stars

michael atavar's * * * * (four stars)

Summer continues on michael atavar's site with a piece of environmental
Shockwave–a virtual park where the viewer can create their own
interactive audio landscape–barking dogs, piano chords, distant storms,
city noise.

Site address ~ http://www.atavar.com/atavar/

* * * * this beautiful, shimmering, electronic haiku is a cumulative
work. It's completed month by month until the end of 1998–when it will
float up on the web indefinitely. * * * * is a calm, clear, still
place–the antithesis to all the speed and madness of the www.

A beautifully simple, funny/sad and moving creation Time Out

michael atavar is a queer artist. Performance, installation, film,
digital media.