Ars Publica
Welcome to Ars Publica -
Net.art commerce on the net!
http://www.arspublica.com/
Ars Publica is a digital art publisher and agency established for
providing and funding new media art, activities and resources in
affiliation with the art server Noemata.net.
Noemata.net is a non-profit, open content art server working with
net.art, digital art since 1996, supported 2002-3 by the Norwegian
Council of Cultural Affairs - Art and New Technology, hosted by Artnet
Norway. On a yearly basis Noemata serves estimably 2 mill. pages, 20
gigabytes, and 170,000 visitors. All published material from Noemata is
covered by the Open Content Licence (OCL) which in practice means it can
be copied, modified and distributed freely.
In an effort to fuse copylefted digital art and art commerce Ars Publica
is offering shares of Noemata to people and institutions interested in
sponsoring the art server.
Shares can be browsed and purchased from the catalogue, establishing
ownership in Noemata.
The art will usually be delivered to you prior to your order, the
digital art being freely available on the net the audience and potential
buyer is already owner of the art - it is already distributed and
downloaded by being browsed (much like quantum mechanics, readymades,
zen, or similar commodities). In addition, the art of Noemata is open
content licenced, meaning no fee can be charged for it, so that's
another problem - no order, no payment (if you figure out a way to pay
us we'll consider whether to accept it or not). By buying shares of
Noemata in the form of art we in Ars Publica fancy having provided a
solution where you can order something you already possess, and purchase
something which may not be charged for - these are problematic issues,
maybe paradoxical, anyway, we'll have a shot in the arm at it.
Welcome to net.art commerce on the net!
Ars Publica is a registered organisation with org.no. 983.153.933.NO,
registered in Norway (Bronnoysundregistrene).
Contact and requests
arspublica@kunst.no
http://www.arspublica.com/
