VOTING STARTS FOR net-art98 net-art98 'web specific art' - online
competition - http://www.net-art.org

net-art98 is the first online 'web specific art' competition for which
prizes will be decided by online open public voting. Voting starts
September 5th 1998 from the ninth International Symposium on Electronic
Art, being held in Manchester UK, and will continue till the end of the
year.

'Web specific art' refers to works of art that function best or only as
web sites. The web makes possible for the first time, the worldwide
distribution of works of art which dynamically respond to and mutate in
reaction to their audience. Every month brings new advances in the
delivery of visual and audio stimuli to the virtual desktops of the
world. The net-art98 competition is here, along with its competing sites

and artists, to celebrate and encourage this explosion of creativity and
communication across continents.

Once voters are registered with the net-art98 database, they will be
able to return on subsequent visits, choose to see only competing sites
they haven't previously visited, amend their previous vote (voting only
for sites they have visited) etc.

net-art98 is being run in cooperation with Department of Fine Arts,
Manchester Metropolitan University, organizers of ISEA98TERROR

net-art98 funders include Manchester City Council

net-art98 is produced on an expenses only basis by Junction 15 and
Warp-interactive

Further information in the first instance can be obtained from +44
(0)171 978 9868 or andy@j15.co.uk