THE FIRST EDITION'S SELECTION

We have selected ten Web art projects which attracted our attention.


Laurie Anderson
Here
1996
With the world map as a point of departure, Laurie Anderson's work evokes a meditative voyage around the globe.(voyagerco)(requires Shockwave, Netscape 2.0)

Art group ad319
Body, Space, Memory
1996
Produced by the art group ad319, this artwork explores the alchemy of memory and its embodiment. (@art gallery)

Scott Becker
The Six Senses of our Modern World
Through the use of text, image and sound, the artist illustrates our civilization's negation of perceptual knowledge. (artnetweb)(requires Shockwave 3)

Christin Bolewski and Thorsten Hoven
WorldVideo 40 Degree North
A collaborative project which seeks to embrace the differences and the similarities existing in a synchronous experience. The participants document actions and settings simultaneously in 24 places around the globe, each on the 40th degree north latitudinal line. (Academy of Media Arts Cologne)

Gérard Collin-Thiébaut
Les artistes en petits soldats
1997
Presented in the exhibition Version Originale which is part of the 4e Biennale d'Art de Lyon, this project by Gérard Collin-Thiébaut assembles portraits of artists disguised as cavaliers and infantrymen... An amusing outlook on contemporary art.

Susan Hiller
Dream Screens
1996
Susan Hiller combines overlapping narrative fragments with sound effects which merge into a dream-like flow of stories and reflections. (Dia Center for the Arts)(requires Netscape 2.0 ou MSIE 2, Real Audio 2.0)

Jenny Holzer
please change beliefs
Consisting of truisms, this piece elicits the interactive and cumulative character of the Internet as a medium. (adaweb)

Piotr Szyhalski
Ding an Sich
Through recourse to Kantian philosophy this interactive project touches on the metaphysical dimension of the Internet medium. It contemplates the concept of encompassing the infinite in aesthetic experience. (Walker Art Center)(requires Shockwave)

Jake Tilson
Citycycles
A series of images which describes urban life by showing objects in different cities. (the cooker)

Jake Tilson
The cookie
1995
Produced by the previously mentioned artist, this project invites the viewer to choose a Chinese cookie amid others and read the message it contains. (the cooker)



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