Bay Area-based Chris Robbins produces electronic art addressing the culpable role of the media in the construction of cultural identity, but with a twist. Robbins has applied a lush aesthetic to her pithy critiques, beginning with that strident gem Perfect Leader (with Max Almy, 1983, 4 mins), a swift analysis not just of the media marketing of candidates, but their manufacture as well. Prime Object (1987, 5 mins) looks at the transformation of an art object into a suitable commodity, while Leaves Little to be Desired (1988-89, 6:30 mins) attributes to that same transformation a number of personal disorders, such as alienation and sexual desire. I.D. (1991-95, 8 mins) draws on "fictions" gleaned from advertising and other cultural narratives to question the fixed nature of identity. Robbins's newest work, My Fifth Amendment Privilege (1997, 27:30 mins), is an "experimental docudrama" critiquing race as it circulates through the media. Linking the broadcast of Roots to the equally popular televised pursuit of O. J. Simpson, a trajectory is traced, invisible in its ironic whiteness. Robbins will also exhibit several new projects employing www and interactive technology, including the web-based (Death) A Vous de Jouer + (death) your move.-Steve Seid