Looking at the work of net.art practitioners, one point of inspiration and circular debate seems to be the problematic conception of the internet itself as a tool, a conduit for communication and reproduction, or, as an artistic medium in its own right – deserving of its own aesthetic and movements; unique to its form. From what I’ve seen, these conceptions have never been mutually exclusive, but coexist. I’d say that the very quality that draws us to the web is this dynamic between the free-from-boundaries universality of it all and the commercial and public service functions of the internet. There seems to be evidence of this in the work of jodi and Alexei Shulgin in particular.
jodi’s http://wwwwwwwww.jodi.org/
um, yeah, that’s not it, shall be updated . . .
