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SITE CREDITS
This site is based on the research of artist/writer Rhonda Roland Shearer of the Art Science Research Laboratory, Inc., New York, NY.
Part I of Ms. Shearer's essay was originally published in Art & Academe (ISSN: 1020-7812), Vol. 10, No. 1 [26-62]. Copyright © 1997 Visual Arts Press Ltd.
Part II was originally published in Art & Academe (ISSN: 1040-7812), Vol. 10, No. 2 [76-95]. Copyright © 1998 Visual Arts Press Ltd.;