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net.art) { by Blazenko Karesin
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Although i was the
first here (i think) to mention the subject of web-inherent art (net
art), i think we shouldn't take any rules about what it exactly is
too strictly, otherwise we will diminish both the art itself and us.
As for this exhibition, it is called Art on the Net, not Net
Art...
It was my preference to make the usage of the net (web)
an important criterium in my "judging", and probably will be some
other people's too, but i don't consider it a God-given rule, espec.
because i don't find anything in our hosts' introductions that makes
it one, or that rules out submitting a woodcut, like the very nice
piece Colleen Corradi made. For example, it is exactly the
superposition of the ancient technique - and style - over the
ultra-modern motif of WTC towers falling Hollywood-style, that i
like about it. Thus, it had to be a woodcut to get that effect.
Making a static image a piece of net art is not much different
from making a black and white, or a silent movie, or a sequence of
still images - it being an art movie depends mainly on the art of
it, not mainly on the fact that it uses it's medium in this or that
manner.
If it hits me, it hits me, whatever the theory around it
- IF it hits hard.
It is when it doesn't, when i'm considering
something between the extremes of garbage and genius work, that the
relation to proper.full.inherent.whateverYouCallIt usage of the
medium will play an important role; but not necessarily absolute
one.
It just so happens that it's exactly where most of the
stuff one can see abides.
Anyway, in the words of Mr. Kogawa,
"the Internet is open to all, and authority and aura do not belong
here"
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| Saturday, October 5th,
2002 at 13:19 |
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