Russians are superb at "queueing." When boarding a bus or a plane, they hurry to join a line, and then wait patiently. On the highway from the Moscow airport to the city, a traffic jam threatened gridlock. Dozens of autos overheated, but not a single Russian lost his cool. During two hours of stop and go traffic, not a horn sounded.

Internet artist Lialina	OLIA LIALINA is a rare new breed, an Internet artist. Her works explore and exploit the unique nature of the net.
In the work Agatha Appears (1998), Lialina teleports Agatha at the speed of light from server to server, a total of thirteen computers placed strategically around the world.	The trip satisfies Agatha's wanderlust, but she does not settle for a grounded suburban life. The digital woman jiggles her zeroes and ones, and another adventure begins.
Will Teleportacia	Teleportacia, which translates as "teleportation," is Lialina's net presence. Will Teleportacia is the entity's last will and testament.
Time has no direction on the net. Net life can begin with birth, or with probate.

Artist Koshkin	VADIM KOSHKIN left his native Novosibirsk for Moscow in 1990. In the capital, he studied with the noted experimental filmmaker Vladimir Kobrin, and graduated as a director from the Institute of Cinematography. He learned computers and video on his own.
Stills, from left to right: Prenatal Dream #1, Prenatal Dream #2, Zygote
Head Twister (1995) is a computer graphic video of the artist's "aura" biography. The story covers the period from the artist's prenatal dreams to his youthful travels on mandala wheels.	Head Twister (3:04 min. RealVideo clip. You'll need RealPlayer to see and hear these clips)

DDT (2:12 min. RealAudio clip) Singer Shevchuk

This year Koshkin created the visuals for the CD-ROM of the popular rock group DDT. Uri Shevchuk, lead singer of DDT, is the "Bob Dylan" bard of Russia.