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.”

“This shift was part of a much larger historical trend: the globalization of cultures and economies. Globalization was both a cause and an effect of the widespread use of the Internet, wireless telephones and other information and communication technologies. The emregence of a “global village” of the sort that Marshall McLuhan predicted in his 1962 book “The Gutenberg Galaxy” created unprecedented demand for these technologies, driving their rapid development and deployment. They also enabled globalization by facilitating international trade, multinational partnerships and the free exchange of ideas.”

ME: The audience for site-specific art in a city is global.