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Axel Forrester

The nature of art is to present the viewer a world different from their own. A world which explores alternatives, other worlds... Oxford Lecture, Professor Bradley, 1901.

Axel Forrester, M.F.A., has a broad education in fine arts, higher education, intermedia arts and graphic design. Her work has been internationally exhibited and recognized, and her company, Otherworld Productions, has an international clientele. She has been awarded for her work in video by the American Film Institute, and is a member of Plaintext Players, a cyberspace group of artists and writers interested in the dynamics of language and creativity in cyberspace. http://www.1otherworld.com

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Axel Forrester, M.F.A., has a broad education in fine arts, higher education, intermedia arts and graphic design; her work has been internationally exhibited and recognized and her company, Otherworld Productions, maintains an international clientele. She has been awarded for her work in video by the American Film Institute and is a member of Plaintext Players, a cyberspace group of artists and writers interested in the dynamics of language and creativity in cyberspace. The record references an Oxford Lecture, Professor Bradley, 1901, and lists the website http://www.1otherworld.com.

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