
But - can net-art really be exhibited?
As the title of the exhibition supposes, »net_condition« is not about »net-art for net-art's sake«; rather, it's about the artist's look at the way society and technology interact with each other, are each other's »condition«: At the dawn of information society, there's a growing demand for knowledge, data exchange, entertainment, and it frequently has to be »just in time«, »on demand«, »in real time«. The technical answer to this is called »internet«. At the same time, the net itself is shaping society, new fields of social, commercial, and artistic interaction emerge. There are new possibilities, even those no one ever asked for.
In this rich field of opportunities, utopian and emancipatory hopes re-appear on stage; equality of chances, world citizenship, participation without borders are regarded as technically doable and are promoted by private communities, while the global players in the commercial world go for their goals with the very same technical means.
Social interaction is changing with the net. From the point of view of the history of media, we also see a change in the way people play music, remember, tell stories, design, play. »net_condition« is talking about how these changes are reflected, presented, and researched by net artists. Also, »net_condition« is about how events in real space and events in the virtual »space« of the net react to each other, trigger each other, or just collide. Distributed Virtual Reality, Shared Cyberspace, non-local communications, multi user environments and net games - these are some of the main topics of »net_condition«.
For Peter Weibel, head of the ZKM and curator of »net_condition«, has high hopes for the role net-art is about to play. Says he: “At present, net art is the driving force, which is the most radical in transforming the closed system of the aesthetic object of modern art into the open system of post-modern (or second modern) fields of action.”
- Credits
- Peter Weibel (Curator)
- Walter van der Cruijsen (Curator)
- Golo Föllmer (Curator)
- Johannes Goebel (Curator)
- Hans-Peter Schwarz (Curator)
- Benjamin Weil (Curator)
- Jeffrey Shaw (Curator)
- Exhibitions team
Hartmut Bruckner (technical project management)
Matthias Gommel (exhibition architecture)
Sabine Himmelsbach (project management)
Kai Richter (exhibition architecture)- Organization / Institution
- ZKM | Medienmuseum
- Partners
Steirischer Herbst, Graz, Österreich ; ICC, Tokyo
- Sponsors
COMICS Informationssysteme GmbH ; Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Kunst und Medientechnologie e.V. ; Sony ; Softline AG ; Märklin & Cie GmbH ; HOSPES Messebau GmbH ; agi business media productions ; SWR ; planNET Systems GmbH ; FEMA ; Buchhandlung Mende ; S & G Automobilgesellschaft ; PRO Markt ; Rechenzentrum der Universität Karlsruhe ; Xlink ; 3Com
Accompanying program
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- Thu, March 02, 20006 pm
- Gerald O'Grady: The Common Sense and the Sensorium: McLuhan and Cognitive Studies
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Lecture
Vortragssaal
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- Fri, February 25, 20007.30 pm
- Ensemble 13 und Manfred Reichert :: Wintermusik Bach
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Concert
Medientheater
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- Wed, February 23, 20007 pm
- esc to begin: aesthetics and power
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Performance
Foyer
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- Mon, February 14, 20007.30 pm
- sfumato - Musik von Markus Hechtle
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Concert
Kubus
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- Thu, February 10, 20008 pm
- Gerald O'Grady: Exploring the Kaleidoscope: McLuhan and Cultural Studies
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Lecture
Vortragssaal
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- Sat, January 08, 20008 pm
- Alvin Lucier: I Am Sitting in a Room / Fiber Jelly
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Concert
Medientheater
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- Thu, November 25, 19998.30 pm
- Jayce Salloum: getting to rrr...
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Lecture
Vortragssaal
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- Tue, November 16, 19997.30 pm
- Douglas Kahn: Let Me Hear Your Body Talk
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Lecture
Vortragssaal
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- Wed, November 10, 19997 pm
- Supercomputing, Metacomputing, Hypercomputing, und was kommt dann?
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Lecture
Vortragssaal
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- Sat, November 06, 19998.30 pm
- sonicZones/ ~net_condition
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Lecture
Medientheater
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- Sat, November 06, 19995 pm
- Musikalische Strategien im Netz
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Lecture
Vortragssaal
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- Thu, October 28, 199911 am
- »Inside the Matrix« – zur Kritik der zynischen Virtualität
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Symposium
Medientheater
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- Sat, October 02, 1999
- theLounge
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Lecture Series
ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien
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- Wed, September 22, 19998 pm
- netz_bedingung / net_condition (Eröffnung)
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Opening
Foyer