EJ: Because your Web project invites viewer participation, do you feel that your site’s longevity/effectiveness is contingent on audience participation? In other words, because viewer participation helps update information in your site by adding new information/opinions from time to time, do you feel that your site and its mandate functions as a timeless piece that will never grow old (therefore, having no need to archive the Web project as history)?

NW: Very few works, art historically speaking, are timeless. I suspect the rapid rate of technological change coupled with artists' response to new technologies will render the interactive aspects of "The Daily Planet Interactive" 'of a time'. We just don't know when or what or how that will be yet. The site could very well become dated by the content visitors input. Or that content could act as a historical timeline, sort of. It is possible that 'real' newspapers' online versions will pick up the type of audience interactivity employed in "The Daily Planet Interactive". But they will certainly 'filter' it. Then once again the voice of the people will be under corporate control.

EJ: Are there other aspects of your web project that you feel may not/limit your Web project on its time frame (such as difficulties marketing the site to viewers/participants and establishing a strong word of mouth by viewers; specific content that creates interest in the viewer).

NW: Certainly traffic to the site keeps it viable and interesting to me. It is still very new, going live only a few months ago, and I haven't done any marketing yet, but rather have been letting it settle in a bit. I want people to experience and interact with the work. I would be disappointed if it never received any interaction, but ultimately I don't know how important that is. It is something I've made and grown from, and I will probably engage with it as long as it continues to engage me.

EJ: I am unsure as to whether your Web projects requires you to update its information (news/headline content) daily/weekly or not at all. If your project requires artist investment to keep the site effective, how long do you see your site active/running?

NW: I've purchase the domain for ten years, so monetarily, until 2013, it doesn't really require any additional investment beyond what I put out for my current ISP. I have other sites that invites audience input and there are people who put in an unrelated string of characters--I guess they just want to see if it works. Thus, I will likely need to do cleanup work on occasion for the "Opinions" Column and "The Global Voice". Regarding
headlines, I still have a stack of newspapers designated for "The Daily Planet Interactive" and will eventually add them to the headline database. Part of the headline concept is that when the specifics are removed they become timeless. Of course some cultural objects, like laptops and cars, place events in time. My past practice with database driven works is that I do edit the content on occasion and for a variety of reasons.

EJ: You have successfully produced a piece in which opinions (and information/news) are delivered through electronic media/via the Internet instantaneously. Moreover, The Global Voice/Opinions allow people from around the world to share their views/experiences/opinions, hence, reducing barriers that may be seen as fostering a fear of difference. In a sense, time and space (geography) appears to be compressed via the net. On another note, your web project provides your ‘global’ audience access to your parody of information delivery systems and American Media Culture. Is it your intent to use the attributes of electronic media/the Internet to move your ideas across cultures?

NW: Yes. I am specifically interested in celebrating difference.