“WebWork|A History of Internet Art” by Rachel Greene was a very interesting reading. I had never heard of net.art before to talk about online art, communications, etc. I like the goal of the net.art community and how they want art to be present in everyone’s lives. The history of how the internet became an artistic medium was fun to learn about and it’s crazy how far we have come since the beginning. I think the net.artist community saw the internet as a great opportunity and they could see a future in it, which was smart in hindsight. I liked reading about how the internet was very basic and then the net.artists started a movement to express themselves online and inspire others to do the same. It was cool to learn about how some net.artist’s websites gained a lot of subscribers and praise, while others were not as successful and got hate like the cyberfeminism movement. But, nonetheless, some of the feminist websites had good followings and made people think. The net.art shows seemed fun and I liked the website pages that you had to submit for them, it’s a shame that some people had to take advantage of the shows and other people’s identities. I did not realize all of the politics and economics involved in the start up of the internet as an artistic medium. I am grateful for the net.art community because the internet would not be where it is today without it. The internet would be boring and basic without art and design.
