CONTRIBUTION
Essay: "Talking to Gazira Babeli: Can We Understand Avatars, or One Another, for That Matter?" by Patrick Lichty
" An avatar sits in a room, alone. The walls are charcoal gray, the floors ashen cypress plank. She sits before a screen, with people appearing on it, gesticulating, drawing pictures, and mumbling through the window. In return, the avatar, in this case, one without an operator, tries to respond.