NET ARTIST AS HERO

THE 1st ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL MR NET ART AWARD:

In every field of human endeavor there are those dedicated to expanding,
pioneering, penetrating and winning. Along the electronic frontier, this
is especially true. To recognize this, the Mr Net Art Foundation
established the Mr Net Art Awards for deserving individuals.

Mr Net Art 98 is international and application is open to all.

All valid applications will be reviewed by a panel of judges chosen for
their knowledge of Net Art and the technical, legal, and social issues
involved in network technology, electronic communications and
publishing.

MISTER NET.ART CONTEST WEBSITE:

http://www.irational.org/tm/mr

JURY

JOSEPHINE BOSMA: Net.journalist and writer. jesis@xs4all.nl

SANDRA FAUCONNIER: Writer, curator, net.art academic.
sandra.fauconnier@rug.ac.be

RACHEL BAKER: The pseudonym of Trina Mould, net.artist.
t_mould@irational.org

CORNELIA SOLLFRANK: Net.artist, founder of OBN: Old Boys Network.
cornelia@hamburg.snafu.de

RACHEL GREENE: Writer, editor and curator. rachel@rhizome.org

KEIKO SUZUKI: Net.artist, host 7-11 mailinglist keiko@ljudmila.org

VESNA MANOJLOVIC: Operator at B92, curator. becha@opennet.org

OLIA LIALINA: Net.artist, filmcritic and filmcurator.
olialia@cityline.ru

DIANA MCCARTY: Organiser and writer. diana@mrf.hu

CAREY YOUNG: Artist, journalist and corporate consultant in IT.
carey@irational.org

NATALIE BOOKCHIN: Artist and teacher. bookchin@jupiter.ucsd.edu

KASS SCHMITT: Programmer. kass@hot-schmitt.co.uk

CRITERIA FOR POSSIBLE WINNERS

There are no specific categories for the Mr Net Art Awards, but the
following points are used as guidelines:

1. Physical appearance

2. Online personality

3. Contribution to the development of net.art in 1997

4. Individual message (candidates are kindly requested to send a mail
containing a short personal note on what is the meaning of net.art to
the candidate in question, why this person would want the title Mister
Net.Art '98, and what he thinks to offer to net.art in the future.
Please send this message to the jury via our website or via
t_mould@irational.org)

5. (optional) Sexual performance (candidates who think their
capabilities in this catagory could be of interest to the jury, please
contact its individual members)

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JUDGEMENT DAY - 30th January 1998. Please apply any time before then.