(image from Petursson's work : Conversations, 2001)

For my media artist, I chose Finnbogi Petursson.  Petursson's work involves primarily the manipulation and exhibition of sound in various ways and techniques.    What particularly interested me about his work is how he involves sound in ways to both compliment and enforce a physical presence. Many times a strong visual aspect is actually created by the sound in some way through various means.  Within his work there seems to be no separation between physical, nonphysical and conceptual media; in fact, all characteristics are interdependent and integral to one another.

Although I'm still not 100% clear about what constitutes "new media,"  Petursson uses what i consider to be nontraditional media such as sound, video, etc in a very formal, minimalistic way.  Further, he employs "new" technologies such as radio broadcasts and streaming recording techniques to develop concepts of time, communication, and memory.