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The
Internet will stimulate our natural and artificial intelligence. The
first painting tools in history were not invented for the making of
art only. A painting by Da Vinci or Vermeer is also a form of high-tech.
Technology is just another brush. Creating new forms, doing new things
in a new space, it's all 'digital' possible, it creates it's own aesthetics.
In telematics, the sky is no longer the limit. We can have it all digital
—new net art channels into the living room. This Virtual Gallery
is a online archive and a platform for all forms of 'Digital Art'. Computers
and the Internet are creating a new global horizon for the arts. The
computer is a smart and
beautiful
tool, it is endlessly patient and it never gets tired. The Internet
is a wonderful phenomenon. The history of art is marked by the influence
and artistic use of technical innovations: These
are all tools used by artists, for the creation of artworks. By the
transcendence of the technological limitations, their full meaning and
impact as artworks becomes evident. Virtual space, cyberspace, or whatever
techno-term one uses, starts actually as private space, modeled on computers,
in order to function on the networks as public space. The mass-media
are becoming personal-media. This 'Digital Art Database' wants to stimulate
the synergy between creativity and high-tech and to promote a virtual
culture. The digital art database is a start, to promote the distribution
of artworks created on the computer. Visitors will be able to browse
into the database and find out what's going on in the field of electronic
art. Relevant to web-based art is the potential of global transfer at
the speed of light.  |
