April 12 - 18, 2003
Originally
published
on
04/08/03
"Get-Carded"
is
an
art
e-card
site
that
allows
open
submissions.
Seeing
as
it
has
common
elements
to
banner-arts
and
calls
for
participation
at
the
moment
(i.e.
the
War
in
Iraq),
I
felt
it
should
be
reviewed.
Using
a
fairly
standard
Internet
application,
the
combination
of
a
gallery
and
an
email
system
on
a
webpage
that
normally
would
have
been
a
commercially
orientated
tool
is
a
good
example
of
technologies
being
reinterpreted
through
art.
The
site
currently
features
80
artists,
most
of
whom
have
submitted
static
images
(a
shame).
Submission
is
also
open
to
the
swf
format
(or
indeed
animated
.gif!)
to
create
animated
or
even
just
interactive
e-cards.
And
who
knows?
Perhaps
with
a
bit
of
user
lobbying,
the
organizers
might
add
the
shockwave
.dcr
format--the
website
is
still
a
beta!
::Garrett
Lynch::
Originally
Published
on
04/07/03Joseph McElroy is a "corporate performance artist." What that means exactly I have no idea; but I do know that his latest piece--Rub Linda the right way and she might show you wonderland--has caused quite a stir on both the Thingist list and Rhizome.
Many
have
been
dismissive
of
the
work,
seeing
it
as
an
exploitation
of
Iraq's
dead.
I'm
more
inclined
to
see
it
as
a
thoroughly
American
work--in
fact,
a
work
that
uses
the
American
thirst
for
sensationalism
against
the
ideology
of
war.
It's
directly
related
to
Artaud's
Theatre
of
Cruelty--a
piece
to
shock
us
out
of
our
desensitized
shells.
Is
it
exploitation
or
art?
Have
a
look
and
decide
for
yourself.
::Lewis
LaCook::
Originally
published
on
04/03/03Wirescapes is an open source project using flash actionscripts to
"Wirescapes 1.0 is an exploration of the machine as conduit to the art idea. Interaction with the Virtual Sculpture Interface allows for the generation of infinite form and fleeting moments of beauty and chaos. The VSI provides for the creation of a digital 'action painting' and presents opportunities for the user to see what is in the moment and to capture that instant of 'seeing differently.'"
Using
the
same
actionscript
to
create
a
diverse
set
of
images
inevitably
points
back
to
Duchamp,
who
often
referred
to
the
tube
of
paint
as
a
readymade.
Today,
net
art's
readymade
is
the
script;
whether
it's
actionscript,
javascript
or
Lingo,
in
the
end,
it
comes
down
to
making
a
choice.
So
contribute
your
own
net
readymade
now.
Artist:
John
Vega
::Eduardo
Navas::