Syndicate: WebArt...net.art...& The WebArt Manifesto...

[Andreas Broeckmann <abroeck@v2.nl>]

[dear friends; the discussion about net-art shows that there is a continued
concern about this; for the record it may be worth noting that a lot of
this has already been ventilated in a debate on nettime one and a half
years ago - check the archive on http://www.factory.org - and during the
eyebeam/blast forum this spring http://www.eyebeam.org; moreover, the
Rhizome list http://www.rhizome.org was installed to deal with these
topics. my feeling is that that is also the better forum for continuing
this discussion now, given that the syndicate has a more general interest
in media culture and media art in deep europe. but that is obviously not
only for me to decide.
best wishes, and greetings from wind-and-rain-ridden rotterdam; -a]

this came into my private mailbox yesterday:

Gerald O'Connell writes:

In recent years some artists involved in the Internet have started to
explore the possibilities of the WWW as an artistic medium in its own
right. During 1998 several R2001 artists have made a major contribution
to this movement, and have acted collectively to make their work
available both online through the R2001 website, and at public
exhibitions in New York. This has led to considerable debate and
discussion as to the nature and definition of the new medium, and our
conclusions are formulated as a manifesto that encompasses:
i) the establishment of a formal nomenclature for a new medium and
artform;
ii) a definition of that new medium and artform;
iii) a rationale for the nomenclature and definition.

You will find the WebArt Manifesto at

http://r2001.com/webart/manifesto.html


Furthermore, we are now looking for critical/academic reviews, views,
essays, rhetoric, polemic etc. on the subject of WebArt, and the works
displayed in the R2001 WebArt Gallery at

http://r2001.com/webart/webart2.html

- contributions will form the basis for a new section within the R2001
website, and should be emailed directly to goc@gacoc.demon.co.uk
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Gerald O'Connell

http://www.gacoc.demon.co.uk/