| title | Clip.fm |
| released | 1999 |
| exhibitions | Telematic Connections: The Virtual Embrace (touring exhibition) |
| press | Wired |
| Archive | archive link |
| Awards | Best in Telecommunication Art Award, 7th International Festival of New Film, Split Film Festival, Croatia |
Clip.fm was a messaging service for wireless phones around the year 2000, when the latest technology was the Nokia brick phone or Samsung flip phone. The Clip.fm message library consisted of 2-bit pixel animations that were used to express difficult topics that were hard to convey face-to-face. Serving as an early warning of how cell phones would impact social interactions, Clip.fm provided a dystopia of Atari-style graphics that could inform you of being cheated on or the loss of a pet. The animations in the library covered adult and sometimes dark themes. (I was invited to share these animations on 60 Minutes, but at the time I couldn't think of any messages that would be both funny and suitable for television.)