Claudia Hardi, (St.Gallen, Switzerland). Venture as computer artist, internet- researcher / archeologist. Parallely she works as information-, interfacedesigner in Maastricht, Netherlands and in Switzerland.

Next to diverse activities in the field of new media art & design her main artistic work can be described as: an exploratory mode of research called "the (hi)stories of computerscience", "the (hi)stories of g.a.s." and other sorts of private encyclopedias. Main themes of interest: the correlation between popular culture, computer science, science fiction, the comic and game culture and the history of the internet. This includes digital folklore and the history of "open source".

Seen in a broader sense, the work is related to methods & questions concerning the so much discussed "knowledge society". A parallel field of interest and work is: participatory pervasive personal publishing.

Education as window-dresser and display designer (ch). (1992 -1994) Studied urban planning, urban design & art in public space at the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Utrecht (nl), (1994 - 1997) Study in fine art, free media department, at the Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, (nl) (bachelor / cum laude, 1997) (1998 - 2000) Postgraduate study in the fields of new media art & design (focused on "electronic text") and media theory at the Jan van Eyck Academy, Institute for Art, Design and Theory, Maastricht (nl) (master of fine arts, 2000).