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This article discussed the history of net art from the beginning of when it was first accidentally created via an email. Overall, I found reading about all of the different examples of how the internet has been used throughout history as a platform for artists exciting and informative.

Furthermore, after reading this information, it got me thinking even more about the way the internet has changed art, in terms of the creation process and also how people view/access it. Net art allows individuals from all over the world to collaborate on something together, and it also only exists in the form of media. Also, because the web is such an international tool it allows for greater creative possibilities as anyone from around the world with access to the internet and a computer/laptop can collaborate together—this to me is what makes the idea of internet art that much more enticing. I hope I can take advantage of this feature in the future.

Link: https://anthology.rhizome.org/the-world-in-24-hours

I chose this inspiration because the title seemed very interesting to me. The link to the livestream of the project doesn’t work anymore, but it didn’t stop me from reading about the project. From what I understand, the project was conducted by Robert Adrian and his team, and by connecting servers with other teams around the globe, they were able to “receive” art from all over the world. This was what the project was based around, to have art from all over the world sent to one place. Although the actual project took way longer than 24 hours, the run-time was 24 hours and with the 24 hours, they received art styles from thousands of other artists, having meters of paper printing each minute.

I thought this was inspiring because it wasn’t a very significant project, especially nowadays it wouldn’t be hard to do, but the idea of showing the entire world in 24 hours through art was pretty inspiring, because the artists would have to be brave and proud enough of their product to show to everyone, and that is inspiring.

Overall, I find Internet Art very admirable, especially after reading this article! I love how it was first came to be because of an accidental email glitch (which I didn’t know beforehand) , but gave enough inspiration to spark a movement in the 90s in which people experimented with this new medium of art. I also think that, in a time where the internet was just starting to become a very relevant phenomenon, that trying to navigate these new concepts along with trying to experiment with internet art as a new style was especially difficult. But, it is tremendously admirable because they were able to do just that. 

Also, I think it is really interesting to think about the advancement of the internet and technology today, and what that means for internet art. If anything, their canvas expands and grows as we expand the realm of technology and what is possible. Looking at all of the examples of internet art and artists that were sprinkled around this article, I am excited to see how they use these new means of creating art. Also, I am curious to see if this will effect the internet art community. As I understood from the article, there is actually quite a following of internet artists (almost like a fandom for art?). I have never heard of this kind of immense following for any particular artist or style of art, so I’m interested to see what kind of changes will come to the fanbase along with these changes and advancements in regards to the internet itself.

From the barely recognized “net.art”, the artist Vuk Cosic began to talk about online art and communications. With the immateriality and instantaneity of the internet, the construction of internet art is to create a community where the artists can discuss their ideas equally regardless of the countries they are in.  This community reminded me of the field trip to How museum, where I saw a quote by Joseph Beuys： “Every individual can be the artist in his or her own field”. For such a long time there are no artists involved in the internet, there came the renascence of internet art.

I didn’t really have an idea of what’s internet art even after I looked up some examples. However, this article sets me thinking about how the internet art stands out from other traditional forms of arts. Firstly, it’s web-based. It’s digital, rather than on paper. This can also be related to my EAP topic “intercultural communication”, since by creating the internet art we are actually communicating with others through science and technology. Secondly, As mentioned in the article, “it was artists, enthusiasts, and technoculture critiques trading ideas, sustaining one another’s interest through ongoing dialogue” (126), it focuses on interaction mainly constructed by HTML and javascript. That’s how it always looks so dynamic.