Network arts: exposing cultural reality

In this article, we explore a new role for the computer in art as a reflector of popular culture. Moving away from the static audiovisual installations of other artistic endeavors and from the traditional role of the machine as a computational tool, we fuse art and the Internet to expose cultural connections people draw implicitly but rarely consider directly. We describe several art installations that use the World Wide Web as a reflection of cultural reality to highlight and explore the relations between ideas that compose the fabric of our every day lives. Categories and Subject Descriptors J.5 [Arts and Humanities]: Fine arts; H.3.m [Information Storage and Retrieval]: Miscellaneous; H.5.3 [Information Interfaces and Presentation]: Group and Organization Interfaces-Web-based interaction General Terms Human Factors Keywords Network Arts, Media Arts, Culture, World Wide Web, Information Retrieval, Software Agents

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2004
• Where: WWW
• Authors: David A. Shamma, Sara Owsley, Kristian J. Hammond, Shannon Bradshaw, Jay Budzik
• Keywords: Internet Technology, Keywords Network Arts, Static Audiovisual Installations, World Wide Web, WWW 2004