The World's First Transgenic Virtual Pet

[anna balint]

In anticipation of the May Day Launch of Metapet,
join us for a special sneak preview
and influence the future of the World's First Transgenic Virtual Pet
Game!
at the BETA Play-Testing party

Monday, April Fools Day, 6-9 pm
at Remote Lounge
327 Bowery above 2nd Street, NYC
RSVP 212-206-6674 x 250 (Creative Time)

FREE squeezable stress bones and other SPECIAL incentives for the best
play
testers!

Metapet Version 1.0 will be launched on May Day 2002

Metapet is a project by Natalie Bookchin with Jin Lee Cathy Davies and
Mark
Allan  and Action Tank  presented by  Creative Time (www.
creativetime.org)  in association with Hamaca (www.hamaca.org)

Action Tank is an independent mobile network that deploys high  leverage

technology as ammunition against the current state of  affairs. Action
Tank
was formed in 2000 by Jin Lee and Natalie Bookchin. As an open
collaborative unit, Action Tank currently includes Natalie Bookchin, Jin

Lee, Cathy Davies, Mark Allen, Jerry Hamby and Lem Jay Ignacio.

  DNAid, a series of Creative Time commissions on genetics, continues to
evolve with
 Action Tank's Metapet, an online game on bioengineering in the
workplace in which the
 pet is a human worker and the player is a manager.
 Players must keep a worker/pet in optimal condition in order for it to
earn "dollars" for it's
 employer, a biotech company of choice, and climb the career ladder. The
challenge is to
 keep one's pet alive, healthy and productive. Metapet impishly
addresses the politically
 volatile subjects of genetics and biotechnology, highlighting the
economic stakes of such
 research.

 Play The Future: www.metapet.net