My Boyfriend Came Back From The War is a seminal example of net art, using the unique properties of the web (hyperlinks, interactivity) to create a non-linear, participatory narrative. It explores themes of memory, trauma, and communication in the digital age. It helped define the aesthetics and possibilities of early internet art.
Born: 1971, Moscow, Russia
Nationality: Russian-German
Style: New Media Art, Net Art
Influences: Early Internet culture, hypertext fiction, graphic design
Major Exhibitions: "My Boyfriend Came Back From The War" (1996), "Agatha Appears" (1997), "Last Real Net Art Museum" (2015)
Quote: "The Internet is not a medium, it's an environment."
Website: http://art.teleportacia.org/
This is an early and influential work of net art, presented as a black-and-white, hypertext narrative. The user clicks on different words and phrases to navigate through a fragmented story about a couple's reunion after a war.
