Web Work: A History of Internet Art was an intriguing read that I honestly did not completely understand, since I have no programming experience, but still found quite interesting. I can still tell that the art itself is extremely complex and cool. I may never understand how net.art is done, but I can still appreciate the products that it creates. I especially liked reading about cyberfeminist art and creators. The rise of women internet artists reminded me a lot about the riot grrl punk movement we talked about within our zine project. It is interesting how within the first few years of the internet being developed, people had already figured out a way to not only use complex algorithms and codes, but also a way to make abtract and political art with those methods of communication. I also enjoyed the side factoid about artist Paul Garrin starting the name.project, or the idea to expand URL components. I think it shows how important it is to have artistic people in all spaces and aspects of life, because their creativity, or ability to convert, or adopt already existing things into new, or useful things, allows for the invention of ways to "internet," more safely and efficiently. Additionally, after hearing about the abolishment of all Adobe Flash products, I felt like I gained a new perspective of just how much art was lost. It's even more unfortunate to see how much effort and time went into those intriate net.art pages, just for them to be deleted with essentially the click of a button.
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