Histories of Internet Art 3.0 Launches

IMMEDIATE RELEASE

University of Colorado Digital Art Students Launch 3.0 version of
"Histories of Internet Art" Website
Contact: Lori Gaskill [email protected]
October 23, 2003

THE DEPARTMENT OF ART AND ART HISTORY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT
BOULDER LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE FEATURING NEW INTERNET ART CONTENT AND
BACKEND DATABASE

BOULDER, Colorado (October 23, 2003) – Students from the University of
Colorado at Boulder's Department of Art and Art History have just released=

the 3.0 version of their popular "Histories of Internet Art: Fictions and=

Factions" (HIAFF) website. The new site, which now comes equipped with a
back-end database constructed by the students, is available at
http://art.colorado.edu/hiaff and features video and email interviews with =
many
international net artists including Mark Napier, Young Hae-Chang Heavy
Industries, Ben Benjamin of Superbad, Melinda Rackham, Lev Manovich,
Giselle Beiguelman, Heath Bunting, John F. Simon Jr., Erik Loyer and many=

others. There are also streaming media archives featuring artists and
curators such as Mary Flanagan, Lisa Jevbratt, Christiane Paul, DJ Spooky,=

and Alex Galloway.

The HIAFF site is part of the TECHNE practice-based research initiative in=

the digital arts and also includes a curated exhibition of 60 net-based
art works, a section devoted to net theory, and a survey of the new work
being created by students working in the recently renovated Experimental
Digital Art Studio (EDAS). This easy-to-navigate site with its stunning
design and exploratory content is produced by undergraduate and Graduate
students inside the University of Colorado's Department of Art and Art
History.

"The students have created and will continue to build this exemplary net
art history site," said CU Professor and TECHNE Faculty Director Mark
Amerika. "Their high-level enthusiasm and fresh perspective on the
evolving forms of net art are paving the way for future students to
develop the field."

The students agree. "A provocative exploration of electronic art and
thinking," says student Project Manager Lori Gaskill, "working on [HIAFF]=

gives students an opportunity to engage with the leading artists of the
digital age."

The site is available for free over the Internet and the new database will=

allow for increased functionality as the web site grows. Professionals
throughout the field are already acknowledging the site as an important
part of the new media art world.

"Fictions and Factions is a great resource for artists, curators,
students, scholars or anyone who's interested in the brief but dense
history of net art," said Mark Tribe, newly appointed Director of Art and=

Technology in the School of the Arts at Columbia University.

"At the University of Colorado's 'Histories of Internet Art: Fictions and=

Factions' Web site, students don't paraphrase textbook versions of net art=

history–they create it themselves," says Jon Ippolito, Associate Curator=

of Media Arts at the Guggenheim Museum and Assistant Professor of New
Media at The University of Maine.

For more information on "Histories of Internet Art: Fictions and Factions"
or other projects at TECHNE, please send email to [email protected]

HIAFF website: http://art.colorado.edu/hiaff