Lisa Jevbratt/C5, "1:1".

c5corp.com/1to1

But what does the Internet look like? As in the classic Borges tale, "1:1" collapses the distinction between map and territory, but it also confounds the desire for representational verisimilitude. In this series of five evolving interfaces to a database of all possible IP addresses, the Internet looks like nothing but its interface. And despite the superabundance of info calories served up by search engines, what "1:1" maps is largely an empire of "non-accessible information, undeveloped sites, and cryptic messages intended for someone else." What's (virtual) real(ity)?

Steve Dietz is director of New Media Initiatives at the walker Art Center, Minneapolis.