The Web Stalker is a software application for reading and
manipulating information on the World Wide Web. It scans
the hyperlinks on WWW-pages, displays their HTML code as
the Web Stalker agent is analysing the pages, and maps the
hyperlink structure in evocative graphics, allowing for
a surprising look at the underside of the Web. The Web Stalker,
free to download from the I/O/D website, is a unique example
of the re-visualisation of data-space at a deep level by
artists. It proposes that a new, speculative engagement
with software as a key locus of contemporary culture is
both essential and fruitful.
