Net Art Market: continued

I've been reading the various reponses to this thread
with interest. I must admit I'm not much of an
economic or social theorist and so dont have many
opinions on the differences between Marxist camps or
other related schools of thought. Perhaps I am an
overly simplistic, but I find many notions about what
art should be, or is, or is supposed to do to be
limiting artistically. I have no real idea of what art
is or what role it should play. In fact I repel such
notions from my brain.

But as for commercializing or making cash of our work:

1. In now way does my work or would I encourage
other's work to somehow change to meet market
conditions. This seems a useless argument though. As
anytime there is a themed contest or strong artistic
movement or current event, people make their art to
fit those conditions. So…if Cranberry Cakes says to
me…can you make something about Cranberries…I will
make something about Cranberries..If they dont like
it…that doesnt mean I'll change it..it just means I
now have a lovely cranberry work.

2. As for collecting. People collect everything and
anything. So yes…it will eventually happen that
people collect net art on a large scale. It just seems
that now, before it happens, we have a chance to mold
the way it happens.

3. My idea on getting work into the websites of
galleries still stands. Most of our audeinces are each
other. So, why not have our work, our bits gathering
larger audiences.

4. A story: some years ago I was actually able to
convince my way into the offices and phone lines of a
major cosmetics, perfume company. They were preparing
to launch some new perfumes and we talked about one
called Po-em (or something like that). They asked to
see my writing to use for their marketing. But once
they did, they said no, it was too odd and nonlinear
for them. I tried to refer them to some of my more
traditional friends, but they had already moved on.
The moral is….we have to make more opportunities for
ourselves…that might not mean our work will make
anything…but at least we will have the chance of
being rejected…

cheers, Jason Nelson


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