Reading Blog #2

Net art is a spectacular example of how technology has changed art as a whole.

Not just the media in which the art is created, but in the way that people are able to interact with it. This article was very eye opening to the idea that the net artists of the 1990s were very much computer programmers.

They used their early knowledge of the internet to produce works of art, hidden as actual websites. The example of the fake CNN site is really what started the whole thing, as people began to realize that the internet was a place of endless possibilities. It is hard to imagine how media operated before this era, when only major media centers were able to reach the masses.

There must have been so many sheeple in the world, just listening to a few sources of news, and not fully understanding what is happening in the world. Before net-art, there was relatively no way for an individual to get their word out, without having to go through a large media station.

Early net artists opened up an opportunity for people to get educated on the topic that they wanted to learn. I strongly believe that without these rebels, there would be no Google or YouTube; hardly anything we use on a daily basis would be around without these precedents. Net art is fascinating because it brought so many people, from different nationalities, together. It is really cool to see people from Russia working alongside Americans, a true testament to how governments do not fully represent the individuals living in the countries.