Public Netbase
Subtitle: non stop future : new practices in art and media
By: [editors, Branka Ćurčić, Zoran Pantelić]
Contributors: Institut für neue Kulturtechnologien
Publisher: Revolver - Archiv für aktuelle Kunst; Vienna, Austria
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Frankfurt am Main, Germany; World-Information Institute
Language: eng
Number of pages: 353
ISBN-13: 9783865884558
Subjects: Information technology; Social aspects; Political aspects; Information society; Internet service providers; Conceptual art; Internet and Art; Digital media; Internet; Social control; Miscellanea
Other titles: t[subscript o]
Description: Presents the Public Netbase, a service of the Institute for New Culture Technologies in Vienna, Austria, with history and cultural criticism related to its public art projects. Public Netbase provides public access terminals, e-mail accounts, dialup PPP connections, free introductory courses, and technical support. The Public Netbase Web site features Zero News, an online publication and information source; Ms. Guidance, a Web guide; Depot, an art gallery; e-scape, a hypermedia with VRML, video feed, and t0 hyperchat; and Zero Zone, a directory of Public Netbase's clients' sites.
Notes: "A review of the pioneer days from the perspective of Public Netbase as well as an outlook into the future of art and culture in digital networks ... an overview of a critical information economy discourse, insights into Tactical Media strategies and a critique of the loss of the public domain and the commons. Based on the extensive archives of Public Netbase, this book features ... art projects and interventions from 1994 to 2006. It also offers historical documents and manifestos critical of commercialization and control society issues"--Preface.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 352-353).