net aesthetics 2.0

MTAA Simple Net Art Diagram

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New Museum, New York

On Friday June 7th, all us geeks, freaks, and art history nerds filed into the theater of the New Museum for a stimulating panel called Net Aesthetics 2.0. Actually, it was one of the cooler talks that I've ever been to. I've never spent a heap of time thinking about how art changes when the internet serves as the platform, frame, material, medium, gallery, archive, space, forum, etc. But apparently people, like MTAA, have been considering these issues since the 90s, which makes me feel behind on a medium of my own generation. I've added links from the artists on the panel to my site, so definitely check it out. Question: is internet art dead? How do you define net art? MTAA defines net art according to strict definitions (see above). This does not include posting stuff on youtube or flickr, but actually in that fluid, unknowable space between computer connections. In thinking about my own research interests, I'm tossing around the opportunity to use net art to create interactive and unintentional monuments/memorials. Back to being geeky...