Internet Art Then & Now
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As we venture into the future, we lean on history. The original Internet Artists, or Net Artists, working in the early 1990s, created artworks using the internet. Before the New York Times got online, artists like Mark Amerika, Olia Lialina, and JODI were using the internet as their artistic medium (demos included). For them, the internet was a new frontier – novel and unexplored. But, this was before WordPress and before most of us were truly aware of the internet and its capabilities. Now, more people have the opportunity to create online and actively participate in the internet landscape. Plus, everyone can start an internet company and create internet art.
This presentation is different each time. Win highlights different lessons learned from the original Internet Artists, and showcases new creations since then.
Featured Event:
NYC WordPress Meetup
Location:
Tumblr/Automattic HQ, Manhattan
Date:
April 6, 2024
More Presentation Dates
& Recordings
West Orlando WordPress Meetup | October 19th, 2023 | Virtual | |
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WordCamp Montclair 2022 | September 2nd, 2023 | In-Person | |
Learn WordPress | March 1st, 2023 | Virtual | |
NYC WordPress Meetup | April 6th @ 6 pm ET, 2024 | Hybrid |
Internet Art Then & Now
Rachel Winchester
“Creative & Compelling Communication”
Setting the Stage
Jurassic Park
VCRs and Cassette Tapes
President Bill Clinton
1993 – 2001
Cartoon Network
Oprah Interviews Michael Jackson
90s
Pulp Fiction
Metallica plays at the GRAMMYs
CDs
Gameboy
Photo: Hellis at it.wikipedia
First Internet Service PRovider
HTML released to the Public
1 million People Online
Government
Corporations
Universitites
Public
Conceptual
Relating to or based on mental concepts
Digital
Electronic technology that generates, stores, and processes data
Internet-centric
Global computer network for information and communication
Early Examples
1996
"Netfilm"
Pioneer, Organizer, Curator
Demo:
“My Boyfriend Came Back From the War”
"I was not very fond of this format back then. I would have preferred it to be a video, but animated GIF was the only way to get a moving image in the browser."
- Olia Lialina
Joan Heemskerk and
Dirk Paesmans
1995
"Code Poetry"
Demo:
“wwwwwwwww.JODI.org”
“When you work with computers, you have sound and you have image, but in the computer you also have code. And we tried to play with that a lot.”
- Joan Heemskerk (JODI)
"What is kind of scary is the possibility of never reaching production closure because of the advent of all these software applications."
- Mark Amerika
New York Times goes online
Forming a definition
Then 'til Now
Open-source
Content Management System:
Theme, Plugins, Media, Database, “Core”
Newer examples of internet art
2013
Misinformation, Ownership
DEMO:
“Removed and Reconstructed (Autobiography)”
adrianpiper.com/removed-and-reconstructed-en.wikipedia-biography.shtml
Platform Art
Comedy
Marketing
Demo:
“Amazon Dating”
Blog Post:
atlasacopian.com/amazon-dating
What now?
CMS: WordPress
Front-End: Elementor
Content: AI (ChatGPT)
Staging Environment:
GRAMMATRONwAI.mystagingwebsite.com
"My focus is and has always been to look at the role that technē, technicity, plays...
To really investigate the prosthesis I am."
- Mark Amerika
Go forth and make art!
Like I did...
“Only when users start to express themselves with these technical innovations do they truly become relevant to culture at large.”
- Olia Lialina
WordPress as a Paintbrush
Internet Art Then & Now
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