Dear Josephine,
>
> I sincerely hope this thread does not get edited and spread over
> other lists, it would kill the discussion. A discussion like this
> also needs a very close and precise reading, which I think a simple
> powerpoint-style summing up of issues will not do.
I obviously didn't want to sum up the discussion - I just pointed to
some contradictions that I found in it
> It also seems unwise to just stick the little word 'new' in front of
> 'media art' all of a sudden here, Dominico.
the little word "new" was used by other people in the thread - and is
in the name of this mailing list. I could go back to "media art" if
you prefer, and little will change. More or less. Clearly, different
terms call for different definitions - the problem is that we use
different terms to name the same thing.
> I am also surprised by Dominico's short sighted definition of net
> art: it reminds me of how Eshun and many others talk about media
> art. Maybe it is due to his english, if so, this euro-anglo
> understands.
here you are right (not about my english, but about the over-
semplified definition of net art). Clearly net art is more than that -
in that case it was just an example forced into a more complex
discussion. If you want to go deeper, you are welcome!
domEnico (or dom, if you want to avoid mispelling ;-)
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