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1998 JAN 22
Digital Studies
USA
Digital Studies:
Being in Cyberspace is an exhibition of new media art and
theory co-organized by Mark Amerika (Alt-X) and Alex Galloway
(Rhizome Internet). Keynote addresses for the exhibition (event)
by Roy Ascott, Mark Amerika, and Alex Galloway. The keynotes are
good reading if you are interested to know more about new media
art, required reading if you want to understand the amazing
diversity of works in this exhibition.
"Does the virtual art object, forever morphing in the
network environment constitute a new form of aesthetic becoming
that makes being in cyberspace an art in and of itself?"
- Mark Amerika
Digital Studies
is an eclectic collection of art and ideas from all points on the
new media compass, and exhibition curators Amerika and Galloway have
done an admirable job to bring together the widest possible range of
artists and their works, and make it all work. The result is a
cohesive diversity, at once informative and entertaining.
Artists Jennifer and Kevin McCoy with Torsten Burns are here with
their delightful animated fantasy work, Maintenance Web
A&T 04/24/97;
Intima is here with Re:volution, a
techno-erotic-political-frames work (with audio);
Dr. Hugo and very graphic, very colorful, very animated, Fuzzy
Dreamz; Tina LaPorta and a beautiful Shockwave installation
work titled, Shifting (you can learn more about Tina and
her work here at Zn in coming weeks). There are many more fine
and talented artists in this show, and innovative and challenging
works as diverse as new media itself.
"Protocol is the chivalry of the [digital] object. It is
a universal description language for objects, a language that
regulates flow, directs netspace, codes relationships and
connects life forms."
- Alex Galloway
Digital Studies
Primary site at Alt-X, USA
www.altx.com/ds
Digital Studies
Mirror site at Aleph Arts, Spain
aleph-arts.org
This exhibition
raises the bar for future exhibitions by making a successful
presentation of the sense of diversity that is new media art, and
providing us with the analysis and theory we need to understand
and appreciate it. Many thanks to Mark and Alex for a great show
and a job well done.
Image clips and quoted texts from Digital Studies,
and from the Web work Shifting by Tina LaPorta.
Used by permission.
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