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Internet & art

Francis raised an interesting question in our talk yesterday and his second lecture today raised the question again.
Made me think.

Is the internet the new place for artists. Don't they get lost in the mass of it?

Razzi is talking about the same kind of thing, saying 'Oh yes, a week ago one of the Killbots pictures was published on the front page of a weekly magazine (being read by 97000 families). The number of reactions I received from this: 'none' Printed media are clearly dead material. Long live the internet!!'

We do get an audience, and probably an audience that is pretty interested since they had to look for us. The quality of your audience can be as good as in a fysical gallery, the number of viewer though might be higher on the web. Much higher...

The access to the web is free, you don't need a curator to elect you, or a gallery that wants to represent you. Your viewers will determinate your quality.
Artists that sell online, might be the next future. Like Shane Lavalette. Or explodingdog, who intereacts with its audience in order to make his art.

Francis continues 'I am convinced that the issue of copyright and ownership that is now being debated is a key moment in the history of distributing ideas and artistic material and a defining moment in the evolution of internet. I believe an understanding of this debate is necessary in order to trace the development of net art and to gauge its future directions. I also feel that this issue must be examined critically in art schools at this point in time, keeping them up to date with these developments and allowing them to make a useful contribution to the debate'

More artists online at Randomstate.org

Posted on December 17, 2003
in Limit of my knowledge

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