Thesis Research

Source: New Media Art

pg. 10: “Because of its close connection to the Internet, however, from its inception New Media art was a worldwide movement. The Internet facilitated the formation of communities without regard for geography. The Internet facilitated the formation of communities without regard for geography. The international nature of the New Media art movement reflected the increasingly global nature of the art world as a whole, as evidenced by the proliferation in the 190s of international biennial exhibitions, including the Johannesburg Biennial and the Gwangju Biennial.”

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Source: Internet World Stats:

http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats2.htm

2006 North American Internet Users: 232,057,067
2006 Population of North America: 334,538,018
Penetration: 61%

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Source: Database Politics and Social Simulations

“I begin with the assertion that technologies are tangible social relations. That said, technologies can therefore be used to make social relations tangible. Technologies create the material conditions within which we work, and imagine ourselves and our identities.” - Natalie Jeremijenko

Why is it worth creating any art? This question is merely distracting; the fact that the artist chooses to work in on medium or another is rarely questioned; an artist may be asked to defend producing a piece in a certain way, or in choice of materials, but that is not the same as questioning whether the piece is worth making.

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