< back Misplaced Reliquary Commissioned in 2004 by Rhizome.org, Misplaced Reliquary is a handheld curiosity cabinet containing the holy relics collected by an eccentric curator. The relics are contained within a virtual repository taking the form of a gameboy advance ROM that can be "played" online and/or downloaded to any gameboy advance (with the correct transfer hardware). In addition to the online aspects of this work, a physical installation also exists consisting of a GBA with the reliquary preloaded onto it as well as a leather-bound book containing the field notes of the curator of the reliquary. Rhizome.org announced a call for commission proposals to examine the nature of "game" art in 2004. In response to that call, I offered that I would be interested in examining the meaning of game as it relates to the hunt. Thus, I spent my time in the field, walking off-trail looking, searching, hunting for lost bits of bone, fragments of fur and other forgotten animal relics which are incorporated within this piece that exists both online and as a physical installation. Paul Catanese Paul Catanese is a hybrid media artist and Assistant Professor at San Francisco State University. He earned his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he lectured for several years. His artwork has been exhibited nationally and internationally, notably at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the New Museum of Contemporary Art, SFMOMA Artist's Gallery, the Bangkok Experimental Film Festival, Villette-Numerique, Stuttgarter Filmwinter, FILE, ANIMAC, and New Forms Festival. His work has been included in Neural.it and Artweek. As a 2003/04 recipient of a Kala Art Institute artist-in-residence Fellowship he created a series of digital Cornell boxes for Gameboy Advance. During that time, he began incorporating printmaking and bookmaking techniques into his art practice. He has had numerous speaking engagements at festivals, conferences and has been a visiting artist at programs of art and design around the country including the University of Kentucky, Bradley University and Washington State University. Paul has received commissions from Turbulence.org with funds made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts and also from Rhizome.org - an affiliate of the New Museum of Contemporary Art. Contact Information http://www.paulcatanese.com