Many artists are using the World Wide Web as a venue for personal expression. They are establishing sites on the Web such as:
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Art on the Net
A collective of 100 artists from around the world including poets, musicians, painters, sculptors, digital
artists, performance artists, animators and more www.art.net
Ada Web
"Perhaps the best-curated art site on the web..." (New York Times). Click here
and see if you agree. adaweb.com
Fluxus Online
What is Fluxus? Fluxus is the wry, post-Dada art movement that flourished in New York and Germany in the
1950s and '60s, and influences many contemporary artists. The rest you have to figure out yourself. www.panix.com/~fluxus
s/f TeleCircus
It describes itself as an Art Circus and Sideshow. Their artists'
statement speaks for many of the art web sites. www.well.com/user/tcircus
The Place
One of the first web works by artist Joseph Squier, assistant professor at the School of Art and Design, University
of Illinois, Champaign. gertrude.art.uiuc.edu/ludgate
ArtWebNet Projects
This is an invitational online exhibition of artists who are exploring the possibilities of the Web. artnetweb.com/projects/projects.html
NowTV!
While not an art site, NowTV! is an example of branching, narrative drama. Here you will find two interactive
murder mystery games; one is text based, the other uses VDOLive digital video. An interesting idea but the implementation
is flawed. nowtv.com
Making Art Online
Judy Mallory edits an ongoing database of artists'
words about using data transmission systems. Statements conveying information and ideas about making art online
are "keyed" by subject and entered into a database. Using that database, she periodically generates MAKING
ART ONLINE, a collaboratively written paper. www.well.com/user/jmalloy/makingart.html
UZO (Urban Zeitgeist Online)
A collaborative web site that picks up signals from cyberspace: signals about the elements of our popular
culture, and how we associate those elements with different cities. www.ifactory.com/UZO
[jenny holzer]
please change beliefs is Ms. Holzer's first project on the world wide web, and is developed in the same
spirit than her previous experiments in the public sphere. Addressing the web as a site, Jenny Holzer presents
five series of works: truisms, living, survival, inflammatory essays, laments. adaweb.com/adaweb/context/artists/holzer/holzer1.html
Urban Desires
A hip, artistic NYC web-zine produced by a slick ad agency www.desires.com/issues.html
The Slow X Files
A personal vision of a young guy in Albany, NY. You might not think much of the content, but it a nice
example of what one person can do to express himself on the Web. In spite of its name, it's neither SLOW nor about
the TV show. www.capital.net/users/slowx
These are but a few of the many Art Sites on the Web. Most sites have links to other sites. Explore!
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These pages are maintained by Fredric J. Raab, a developer of interactive multimedia for museums, visitor centers, theme parks and trade shows. His work can be seen at www.FredRaab.com
Please email comments and suggestions to fred@FredRaab.com
Last updated: 12 Feb 1997