PROSTOR IZLOŽBE KAO PRETEČA INTERNETA
EXHIBITION SPACES AS PREDECESSORS OF THE INTERNET

Summary/Abstract: The article is a brief historical review of the market and exhibiton place intended for assembling and exchange of ideas, goods and knowledge. The types of these spaces change in parallel with the development of civilisation and culture, from local gatherings of ritual character through fairs and shows to world exhibitions and Internet of global dimensions.Through the texts of contemporaries, investigations and comparisons are made of the spatial organisation of physical space at the World Exhibition and the virtual space of the Internet, whose advantages and drawbacks are explained by experience-linked features. Unlike physical meetings, virtual gatherings lack a great deal of sensory experience. Although the analysis of experience-linked features led to realisation that the World Exhibition was a precursor of the Internet, the digital presence of the Internet will not replace the World Exhibition; both these places exist in parallel, and interlock and complement each other.

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