Net Works: Case Studies in Web Art and Design

by burrough; xtine

• ISBN13: 9780415882224
• ISBN10: 0415882222
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2011-07-27
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Net Worksoffers an inside look into the process of successfully developing thoughtful, innovative digital media. In many practice-based art texts and classrooms, technology is divorced from the socio-political concerns of those using it. Although there are many resources for media theorists, practice-based students sometimes find it difficult to engage with a text that fails to relate theoretical concerns to the act of creating. Net Works strives to fill that gap. 㬬 Using websites as case studies, each chapter introduces a different style of web project--from commerce to social activism to new media art--and then includes the artists' or entrepreneurs' reflections on the particular challenges and outcomes of developing that web project. Scholarly introductions to each section apply a theoretical frame for the projects. 㬬 Beyond project summaries, chapters also include an explanation of the websites' technological components; historical, cultural, and ethical perspectives; a list of suggestions for further reading; a glossary of terms; and short online exercises that relate technical skills to individual projects. Combining practical skills for web authoring with critical perspectives on the web, Net Worksis ideal for courses in new media design, art, communication, critical studies, media and technology, or popular digital/internet culture.

Author Biography

xtine burrough is a media artist, educator, and co-author of Digital Foundations. She believes art shapes social experiences by mediating consumer culture and envisioning rebellious practices. As an educator at California State University, Fullerton, she bridges the gaps between art and design histories, theories, and practices. Her website is: www.missconceptions.net.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. x
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
List of Contributors	p. xiv
Introduction to Net Works	p. 1
Formalism and Conceptual Art	p. 3
Formalism and Conceptual Art, introduction	p. 3
Color Field Paintings (Browser)	p. 7
YouTube as a Subject	p. 16
Collections and Communities	p. 25
Virtual Communities: An Interview with Howard Rheingold	p. 25
WTF?!	p. 27
SF Garden Registry	p. 38
Crowdsourcing and Participation	p. 47
Cheaper by the Dozen: An Introduction to "Crowdsourcing"	p. 47
Mechanical Olympics	p. 55
Google Maps Road Trip	p. 66
Data Visualization	p. 76
On Data Visualization	p. 76
Superfund 365	p. 79
Pastiche	p. 90
Error and Noise	p. 100
Seductive Errors: A Poetics of Noise, introduction	p. 100
Luscious	p. 104
Tumbarumba	p. 111
Surveillance	p. 121
Web 2.0 Surveillance and Art, introduction	p. 121
F'Book: What My Friends Are Doing in Facebook	p. 128
Traceblog	p. 137
Tactical Media and Democracy	p. 145
Tactical Media, Introduction	p. 145
The Good Life/La Buena Vida	p. 148
Oiligarchy	p. 158
Open Source	p. 166
Open Source Creativity, introduction	p. 166
The Real Costs	p. 170
Add-Art: Sharing, Freedom, and Beer	p. 179
Hacking and Remixing	p. 189
Hacking and Remixing, introduction	p. 189
Pigeonblog	p. 192
Joyce Walks	p. 200
Performance and Analog Counterparts	p. 210
Performance and Analog Counterparts, introduction	p. 210
The Gandhi Complex: The Mahatma in Second Life	p. 212
Alerting Infrastructure! Challenging the Temporality of Physical versus Virtual Environments	p. 221
Index	p. 228
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