The internet is full of artificial life, and as you surf the web you might happen upon some of these invented beings.

But for your convenience and pleasure, in this online exhibition folly has brought together in a new webspace the work of five artists who have created their own virtual creatures for you to play with.

These creatures all live in cyberspace, where you can pet, tease, manipulate and connect with them.

Once you've visited and fallen for these creatures, you can talk about them in folly's specially created online forum where we will be highlighting a different creature every month.

Internationally-renowned artists featured in the project include Igloo and Jason Van Anden.

folly Programme Co-ordinator Jennifer Stoddart said "Virtual Creatures is part of our follyplay campaign, designed to reach out to new people not yet familiar with digital art. By setting sophisticated pieces of computer programming in a fun and interactive context, we hope many new people will realise the possibilities of this exciting approach to creativity".

Visit the creatures now at www.folly.co.uk/creatures