Ricardo Miranda Zuniga
December 2003
Ricardo Miranda Zuniga grew up between Nicaragua and San Francisco. His personal perspectives and ideology have been molded by a bicultural reality consisting of such polar elements as Disneyland and the Nicaraguan Leftist Revolutionary movement. Tied to a multi-disciplinary education, his background has led to work based on a twofold principle: to approach communication as a creative process that seeks interaction and dialogue; and to investigate how economic realities formulate not only the world we live in, but more importantly, the lives we lead. Ricardo combines computer-generated art with sculptural vehicles to transcend the monitor and achieve powerful social metaphors that investigate issues of globalization. His work exists in both the embodied public space and the virtual space of the Internet. Recent projects have been supported by Franklin Furnace, thing.net, Harvestworks Media Center, Exit Art, the Bronx Museum, DAÏMÕN Media Center, NYFA, and the American Museum of the Moving Image. Ricardo is based in Brooklyn, NY, and currently teaches in the Art Department of The College of New Jersey.
Gate Pages
Every month from March 2001 to February 2006 an artist was invited to present their work in the form of a “Gate Page” on artport. Each of these pages functioned as a portal to the artist's own sites and projects.
Wherever necessary and possible, these works are made functional through emulation and reconstructions from the Internet Archive. Not all of them have been restored to their original state and their conservation is ongoing. You can also view the original Gate Pages archive to see how they were presented at the time of their creation.
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