What Rhizome really needs to become more Net 2.0 compliant is advertising. Banner ads, little flash side ads, all those things that make template driven sites so attractive. Remember the old days of Geocities and Tripod (Max Herman's http://www.geocities.com/genius-2000/ is it Net 2.0.)? Ugly ...
I found this article (admittedly having more to do with tech than art) somewhat interesting vis a vis our net art vs. (so-called) net art 2.0 discussions.
I'm interested in internet- and/or computer-based art-projects to broach the issue of borders. Borders of states and/or 'access-borders' in the internet (could be ironically identical, see censorship in china).
In 1938 Austria joined the Third Reich. Millions cheered Hitler and in the referendum 99.75% said 'yes' to 'Greater Germany'. But after World War II, many Austrians sought comfort in the idea of Austria as "the Nazis' first victim". Factions of Austrian society tried for a long time to ...
It is unfortunate that what could have been a commentary on video, privacy, and fame's effect on one's ability to control their image turned into a post using sexual violence victim-blaming language, "touch [her] body…[she's] certainly asking for it." This is additionally inappropriate when you consider that Mariah ...
Profile of Steve Lambert on Ad Week. His project Add-Art (add-art.org), is a free application for Firefox browsers that replaces Web ads with contemporary art.