A Fair Chance is a collaboration between Roberto Bocci and Simone Paterson. The project exposes the intimacies of a trans-global relationship, it is a digital love story. It illustrates the value of the internet as a tool for collaboration and demonstrates a way for artists to work together regardless of physical location. A Fair Chance is an exploration of communication pertinent to the global community. The project has been developed as a CD-ROM and as an interactive installation. A Fair Chance was conceived in 1997 in Florence, Italy . At the time Roberto and Simone discovered similarities in their art practice and decided to collaborate on a project. For about a year Roberto and Simone exchanged ideas and digital information via email. The first version of the A Fair Chance CD-ROM was pressed in May of 1998 when Roberto visited Simone in Sydney, Australia.

In the installation viewers interact touching two masks equipped with twenty internal sensors. Touching the masks, viewers press the sensors and send out digital messages. These messages are then converted into ASCII data that are sent to a computer. The computer interprets the ASCII data and triggers video and sound sequences. The "A Fair Chance" software application was created with Macromedia Director. A Fair Chance is a work in progress. The project changes as the relationship between Roberto and Simone, grows, evolves or deteriorates.