Nevertheless, I can't stand the way the word is used today for everything where you have to push a button. And you can sit at home with the mouse in your hand. Just the fact that people can deal with it individually at any time and at home means a new way of dealing with art. The viewer and the user stands alone with possibilities created by the new network technology. The technological structure of the work of art is now in its files and in the storage media.
All works of art are now data.
With Walter Benjamin we could now talk about the work of art in its expanded and creative reproduction stage which intends the user to be an active agent of the work of art. There are preconditions on our side as well as technological preconditions on the side of the user. The technological development of the arts is connected to economic structures which are influenced by the technology as well. Therefore not only the realization but the distribution is changing considerably. Their is a change of perception in the general public and the fact that they are taking part in it is a great experiment for us.