Posted by NY Times article on February 21, 1999 at 16:04:05:
WHEN ARTISTS BUILD THEIR OWN BROWSERS
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/98/12/cyber/artsatlarge/03artsatlarge.html
Some artists aim to change the way we see the world not by what they show us, but how. A number of artists are now exploring "the raw digital materials that lurk behind the browser window, the extensive handiwork that goes into shaping them for human consumption, and the arbitrariness of the conventions for Web page display," Mirapaul reports. "It's more fun -- sneakier -- to work from inside the system and create a completely unexpected aesthetic within a familiar context," said one such artist. "I think of the Web as a public place, and I like to think of my artwork as public art; it's a seamless part of the Web environment."
Check out these sites:
Shredder http://www.potatoland.org/shredder/,
funksolegrind http://www.channel.org.uk/sHrd/
and jodi.org http://www.jodi.org/100/.
[SOURCE: New York Times (CyberTimes),
AUTHOR: Matthew Mirapaul, mirapaul@nytimes.com]
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