Net.art
ネット・アート / 1990s– / Style / Digital Art
Treats the browser, the link, the transmission error and the network itself as both the material and the site of the work.
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At a glance
Visual cues
- Link structures
- Browser UI
- Errors
- Participation and transmission
Best used for
- Publishing work at a URL when it can only exist inside a browser
- Making the mechanics of transmission and surveillance the subject itself
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Dictionary entry
- Type
- Use default browser fonts and leave underlined links undecorated
- Composition
- Make navigation the composition, assuming back buttons and several windows
- Material
- HTML, GIF, error screens and slow loading treated as material
- Caution
- Reproducing the early web look as a flat image leaves nothing that links, transmits or invites participation, and the network that was the site of the work disappears.
- Further study
- JODI / Olia Lialina / Rhizome ArtBase
Related entries
- Web 1.0 (ウェブ1.0)Shared effects: Play / Rebellion.Compare Net.art and Web 1.0
- Glitch (グリッチ)Shared effects: Rebellion / Technique.Compare Net.art and Glitch
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