[spectre] Media Art Net - Final Launch

[Rudolf Frieling]

Media Art Net
http://www.mediaartnet.org

The online resource and context project "Media Art Net", which went 
online in January 2004 with a beta version, is now fully implemented 
presenting extensive audiovisual materials plus current discourses on 
media art in an international context and with free access to the online 
platform. Editors are Rudolf Frieling and Dieter Daniels.

The first module, related to a "Survey of Media Art", featured ten 
essays and audiovisual material to accompany these essays. The second 
part is now online featuring 8 additional Key Topics including 55 essays 
altogether (selected essays published in book form as vol. 2) on 
Aesthetics of the Digital, Art and Cinematography; Cyborg Bodies; 
Generative Tools; Mapping and Text; Photo/Byte; Public Sphere_s, Sound 
and Image. A network of curators and writers explore seminal interfaces 
between media and art presenting a variety of approaches and contexts. 
New artistic projects commissioned for the online platform include: Sven 
Bauer, "5 Rooms", Andreja Kuluncic, "Cyborg Web Shop", Iván Marino, "In 
Death's Dream Kingdom", Warren Sack, "Agonistics – A Language Game".

To reach users and readers alike, two book publications accompany the 
online platform. Vol. 2 on "Key Topics" presents selected essays by 
co-curators and authors Inke Arns, Dieter Daniels, Steve Dietz, Rudolf 
Frieling, Susanne Holschbach, Verena Kuni, Gregor Stemmrich, Yvonne 
Volkart. The volume is a follow-up to volume 1 "Survey of media art". 
Both volumes are accompanied by related multimedia and audiovisual 
materials online.

Rudolf Frieling/Dieter Daniels (eds.) Media Art Net 2: Key Topics, 
Springer: Vienna/Neu York, 2005, 320 pages, text: German/English, ISBN: 
3-211-23871-9
For a preview see: http://www.mediaartnet.org/publications/

The platform was commissioned by Goethe-Institut and the Center for Art 
and Media (ZKM) and in cooperation with the Academy of Visual Arts, 
Leipzig. Financial support was granted by the German Ministry of 
Research and Education.