SPOTLIGHT: Art.com
Whitney Museum of American Art For the first
time, the "Biennial" exhibition running from March 23-June 4 will
feature nine Internet artists who represent the "aesthetic diversity
that mirrors the vitality and versatility of the medium."
"Whitney Speaks: It Is Art" The Whitney's
"Biennial" exhibition is considered a barometer of what's currently
hot in the art world, so Internet art seems like a logical choice.
From Wired News
Redsmoke Creator Lew Baldwin says his site
has "evolved into a depository for the subconscious."
Superbad This maze of hyperlinks leads
clickers from one supergood designed page to another, and we also
think there might be a message in there somewhere.
Fakeshop More pop-up windows than a porn
site, but they tell us it's art.
Blindspot This one we like, as novelist
Darcey Steinke writes an interactive short story that could be a
glimpse into the future of publishing.
Sampling Broadway It's like five webcams on
the streets of Manhattan with an artistic focus.
RTMark.com This site's purpose is to oppose
the corporate world it imitates. We read that somewhere.
Ouija 2000 Will this game of Ouija with a
mouse pass as art? Goodbye
Every Icon A program that generates every
combination of black-and-white squares in a grid of 32x32. It says
it makes one think of the possibilities
Grammatron "Depicts a near-future world
where stories are no longer conceived for book production but are
instead created for a more immersive networked-narrative environment
that, taking place on the Net, calls into question how a narrative
is composed, published and distributed in the age of digital
dissemination." Wow!
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