Re: [-empyre-] why i surf net.art

[Reiner Strasser <reiner.s@netartefact.de>]

> my question to the artists and curators does anyone see a
> contradiction between an art work that advocates/utilises the network
> that may not be delivered online in an exhibition? or is this no
> different than some social realist painter who advocated and
> described painting for the masses having their work only available in
> private galleries?
> 
> cheers
> adrian miles

Hi Adrian,

I think it depends on the work.
I havn't got it until now to put woks working with cgi/perl on a cd-rom or a
stationary computer/network. These works, where parts/texts can be changed
online, are not only technically difficult to present. These pieces need the
Net. Else you built a little network in a gallery/museum concentrating on
the input by the visitors (like a microcosmos of the microcosmos of the
Net).
Works, working with streaming features, also will loose some impact when
shown from cd-r (when the streaming experience in any kind is "part" of the
piece - often it is only used as a "helpful need" - to overcome bandwidth
problems).
When there are no problems like this - I tend to be pragmatic - - -
seeing the technical problems of the "institutions" (not enough or no
net-connections).
(what I do not understand is, that "many" festivals, etc. want cd-roms and
are asthonished at first when I ask to send/attach i.e. a zipped or stuffed
file or to post the stuff online to be download by them. Well that has
become better the last year(s).)

101 Binary data are binary data. 010

Best

Reiner