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Just to add to the list of historical art world events that recognised internet based art practices: The Berlin Videofest (what was to become Transmediale), included in its 1995 programme a curated section on digital art, with an exhibition of works on both CDROM and the web (and did so thereafter, each year). There had been earlier exhibitions that included web and internet based art (as we have seen mentioned on this list) but I think this might be one of the earlier examples of an established festival (in this case, film and video) presenting a curated programme dedicated to such work (EMAF, ISEA and Ars, as well as other events, were including this kind of work, of course, but perhaps not in the same way). There was also a prize awarded (to Gerald van der Kaap for BlindROM). The Berlin public responded to the event with vigour. People were queuing around the block to get into the event, which was a novelty for a festival dedicated to experimental art practice. They were there to see the web based projects, intrigued by how such projects offered a vision of a hyper-connected world (which we now take for granted). The local media had run the story on the evening news. That it was only a few years after the fall of the Berlin Wall was probably not incidental to the interest. It doesn't seem very long ago really... I wonder if there is a comprehensive international list of such events? best Simon On 9 Oct 2013, at 21:35, Sarah Cook <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: Begin forwarded message: From: <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]><mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Date: 9 October 2013 14:33:06 GMT+01:00 To: Sarah Cook <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]><mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Subject: please forward Hello All, re mail art: György Galántai In 1978 he posted a call ?Please send me information about your activity? to the international Mail Art Network. With the received mail he founded the Artpool archive that ? besides its focus on the new and alternative mediums in contemporary arts from the 1960s on ? became the most important centre for documentation and research on Mail Art in Middeleastern Europe. http://mailartists.wordpress.com/2007/11/03/gyorgy-galantai/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/György_Galántai 1991 Toronto - Budapest Videobridge. Euclid Theatre, Toronto, Barcsay Gallery Hungarian University of Fine Art Slow scan transmission by phone of performances by students of York University, Ontario Collage of Art, Toronto c urated by Nina Czegledy and Johanna Householder and students of Hungarian University of Fine art and Hungarian University of Applied Arts, Balazs Bela Studio http://www.c3.hu/collection/videomuveszet/19912000en.html 1993 Joachim Blank presented Handshake by Barbara Aselmeier, Joachim Blank, Armin Haase, and Karlheinz Jeron "one of the first communication projects in Germany to use the electronic network Internet" at Ostranenie 1993 http://www.medienkunstnetz.de/works/handshake/ http://monoskop.org/Ostranenie 1994 Metaforum 94' Media Research Foundation in collaboration with the Intermedia Department of the Hungarian Fine Arts Academy: Mieke Gerritz, Charles Wessel and Walter Van der Krujsen of VPRO Televison Netherlands introduced the World Wide Web "which was just gaining attention in the explosive hype of the Internet. There were no commercial Internet providers in Hungary, and just three Hungarian CD-ROMs. The lack of a working Internet connection during the event led to a heated debate between representatives of the Hungarian Telecom and East Edge- a group of Hungarian students well acquainted with the Internet." http://www.mrf.hu/mf94.html http://timeline.1904.cc/tiki-index.php?page=Metaforum re Syndicate (1996) Together with 30 other people (I still have the hand written participation list) we sat around a long table at DEAF 96 - to discuss various issues including communication in East Europe - resulting in the Syndicate mail list hosted by Andreas Broeckmann and Inke Arns. best from Renew2013, Riga nina === Dr. Sarah Cook Reader / Dundee Fellow Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design University of Dundee 13 Perth Road DD1 4HT phone: 01382 385247 email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> The University of Dundee is a registered Scottish Charity, No: SC015096 Simon Biggs [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> http://www.littlepig.org.uk @SimonBiggsUK http://amazon.com/author/simonbiggs [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/edinburgh-college-art/school-of-art/staff/staff?person_id=182&cw_xml=profile.php http://www.research.ed.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/simon-biggs%285dfcaf34-56b1-4452-9100-aaab96935e31%29.html http://www.eca.ac.uk/circle/ http://www.elmcip.net/ http://www.movingtargets.org.uk/ http://designinaction.com/ MSc by Research in Interdisciplinary Creative Practices http://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/postgraduate/degrees?id=656&cw_xml=details.php