Seminar: net.art (second epoch). The Evolution of Artistic Creation in the Net-system
Place: Medialab-Prado. Plaza de las Letras, C/ Alameda, 15 · Madrid
Juan Martín Prada holds this seminar conceived as an introduction to the contents and problematics that will be approached in the meeting that with the same title will take place in March at the Centro Cultural de España en Buenos Aires (Cultural Centre of Spain in Buenos Aires) within the frame of the 3rd Inclusiva-net platform meeting.
From 7 pm to 9 pm. Free admission.Related people
Directed by Juan Martín Prada.
"Man with a Movie camera. The Global Remake" (Perry Bard, 2008)
net.art (second epoch). The Evolution of Artistic Creation in the Net-system
"Net.art, which arose in the mid-1990s as a form of creative exploration and critical experimentation of the Internet, is one of the contemporary fields of artistic creation that has contributed most to a new outlook on forms of artistic production and experience.
Its contributions include a focus on research into the aesthetic, linguistic and interactive possibilities offered by Web technologies and how they have led to a re-examination of what we consider art.
The Web can be seen as a new public space for critical interventions, and the major contributions of net.art during this decade are an in-depth reflection on the prevailing uses of telematic networks, the production processes for meaning and subjectivity within them, and their policies and exclusions.
The “social” nature of the Web today-- with its emphasis on social networks and a business model based on principles of collective, open participation, opinions and comments-- comprises a new framework in which we should reflect on the social and critical role of artistic thought. In fact, the most recent net.art proposals use the new social networks, participation platforms and metaverses as new contexts of reference and action, in which they test, once again, subjective and critical potentials, demanding a dimension that is always interpretive and open. The blurred borders between art and activism, between creation and dissention, are crossed once again by new forms of on line creation.
Given the drive to transform the aesthetic model of art itself into a model for specific communicative practice and social reflection, it could even be said that there is no “art” on the Web, but rather, an “artistic use” of it. An analysis of the evolution and future of these “artistic” uses of the Internet and the social thought behind them is precisely one of the main areas of study during this meeting."