In 1997, the Prix Ars Electronica jury recognised “Container City” by Markus Schulthess (Net Based Art) with a Honorary Mention.
"Container City" is a city in the World Wide Web. This three-dimensional city, which may be entered thanks to VRML, exists only in the WWW, and there it may be inhabited. People can even live there, shop there, educate themselves, enjoy themselves, be medically examined, and soon work there, too.
About Markus Schulthess
Markus Schulthess (CH), born 1965, lives and works as a freelance architect in Lucerne. Member of the artists group Artcore. Has studied space and time in the Internet since 1995.
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.