During DEAF95, Seiko Mikami (USA) presents "Molecular Clinic
1.0", a WWW project that was developed for Tokyo"s ArtLab.
In this work Seiko Mikami intends to illustrate the recent
theory in molecular biology that every natural molecular
structure in the world can be replicated artificially via
the manipulation of the molecular chain. The project does
not limit itself to relaying static information to be viewed
by the onlooker, but takes on its meaning from the interaction
of users worldwide who manipulate and change the project
in unexpected and random ways. The word clinic in this case
also means inspection or exchange. In the process of exchanging
a molecule between the homepage and the user"s computer,
the individual molecule will be inspected on the user"s
side. Sometimes a molecule will be infected with a virus
or the user may treat and even repair a molecule. When it
is uploaded back to the host, this exchange will result
in manipulations that will alter the structure of the work
as a whole.
