# The Inland Sea

> creative work by Marc Voge, Young-Hae Chang, Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries

**Wikidata**: [Q132198353](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q132198353)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-inland-sea-q132198353

## Summary
The Inland Sea is a 2001 creative work and web-distributed software application created by Marc Voge and Young-Hae Chang (listed as Chang Young-hae) of Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries. It was built using Adobe Flash and published as a web page in English.

## Key Facts
- The Inland Sea is classified as both a creative work and an application (software program), per its instance_of values.
- Authors: Marc Voge and Young-Hae Chang (listed in sources as Chang Young-hae); associated with Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries.
- Publication date: 2001.
- Software engine: Adobe Flash.
- Distribution format: web page.
- Language of the work: English.
- Elmcip identifier: 2422.
- The entry’s short description (wikidata_description) labels it as "creative work by Marc Voge, Young-Hae Chang, Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries."

## FAQs
### Q: What kind of work is The Inland Sea?
A: The Inland Sea is both a creative work and a software application designed for end-users, distributed as a web page.

### Q: Who created The Inland Sea?
A: The Inland Sea was created by Marc Voge and Young-Hae Chang (also listed as Chang Young-hae), and is associated with Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries.

### Q: How was The Inland Sea implemented and delivered?
A: The Inland Sea was implemented using Adobe Flash and published in 2001 as a web page intended to run in Flash-capable web environments. The work is in English.

## Why It Matters
The Inland Sea is a concrete example of early-2000s web-native creative practice where artistic authorship and software delivery converge. As a work explicitly identified both as a creative work and as an application, and implemented in Adobe Flash, it illustrates how artists used web technologies of the time to create experiences that were simultaneously literary/artistic and software-based. Its publication as a web page made it directly accessible through web browsers configured for Flash, demonstrating distribution patterns common to digital art in that era. The credited collaboration between Marc Voge and Young-Hae Chang (and association with Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries) situates the piece within identifiable creative authorship while the elmcip identifier (2422) provides a persistent catalog reference. For researchers or practitioners studying Flash-era web art, digital literature, or the interface between software and creative works, The Inland Sea is a documented instance of those overlapping categories.

## Notable For
- Being authored collaboratively by Marc Voge and Young-Hae Chang (Chang Young-hae) and associated with Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries.
- Dual classification as both a creative work and a software application.
- Implementation using Adobe Flash as the software engine.
- Publication in 2001 and distribution specifically as a web page in English.
- Cataloged under elmcip_id 2422.

## Body
### Overview
- Title: The Inland Sea.
- Type: Creative work and application.
- Language: English.
- Catalog identifier: elmcip_id 2422.
- Short description: creative work by Marc Voge, Young-Hae Chang, Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries.

### Creators and Association
- Primary credited creators: Marc Voge; Chang Young-hae (presented in sources as Young-Hae Chang).
- Associated entity: Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries.

### Publication and Distribution
- Publication year: 2001.
- Distribution format: Web page—intended for delivery and access via the web.

### Technical Details
- Software engine: Adobe Flash.
- As an application-type work, it was developed to run in a Flash-capable environment (browser-based Flash runtime implied by the software_engine and distribution format).

### Classification and Identifiers
- Instance of: creative work; application (software program or group of programs designed for end-users).
- Elmcip identifier: 2422.
- Wikidata description: "creative work by Marc Voge, Young-Hae Chang, Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries."

### Notes
- All facts above are drawn from the provided structured metadata: authorship, publication year, software engine, distribution format, classifications, language, and catalog identifier.