Über das Sammeln, Erhalten und Vermitteln von Bits and Bytes

Lecture given at the 'under construction: art.net.dortmund.de' conference, May 19, 2001.

“(…) Defined by the conditions on the Internet, a new type of artist came into being. Since the main function of the Internet is enabling local uncommitted and non-hierarchical communication, the artists and artist groups, who were especially interested in non-hierarchical and remote forms of communication in an artistic or activist context, quickly made this medium their own. (…) For the first time in the long history of art, you no longer had to be in a specific place in order to be able to view original work of art. The original work came to your home on your computer screen.” (…)

Read the full article. Language: German.