Internet Art : The Online Clash of Culture and Commerce

by STALLABRASS JULIAN

• ISBN13: 9780810962637
• ISBN10: 0810962632
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-11-01
• Publisher: Harry N Abrams Inc

Summary

"In its brief history Internet art has moved from being the concern of a few brilliant amateurs to a position of prominence on the art scene. While much material art seen in conventional galleries feels disengaged with the world, caught up in weary variations of art-world concerns, Internet art is often humorous, socially aware and politically active. Accessible and jargon-free, this book explores the character of this new, dematerialised online art and the Internet's transformation into an arena for consumerism. The author, Julian Stallabrass, suggests that Net art may have radical implications for the way in which we think about art's authorship and ownership and more fundamentally, our understanding is of what is and what is not art."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Julian Stallabrass is lecturer in Art History at the Courtauld Institute of Art.

Table of Contents

A New Art	p. 8
The Structure of the Internet	p. 16
The Form of Data	p. 24
Time as Space, Space as Time	p. 40
Interactivity	p. 60
The Rise of Commerce	p. 68
Politics and Art	p. 82
Free from Exchange?	p. 106
The Art Institutions	p. 114
Art, Intelligent Machines and Conversation	p. 138
Glossary	p. 156
Bibliography	p. 157
Index	p. 162
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