Art absorbed by the Web
Art absorbed by the Web

Summary/Abstract: The object of this study is to analyse the impact of the Web on art. For this purpose I have made a distinctions between Net Art, which emerged in the 1990s and has been developing up till now, and the phenomenon of art on the Web, which views the Web as an exhibition space. Examinig the first case, I will mention such features of Net Art as networking, the rhizome, hyper-textuality, multi-subjectivity and framed objects. In the second case, I will have a closer look at several types of museums on the Web, including ordinary galleries in the form of digitalised image collections of art, galleries or museums which use augmented technologies, and galleries designed in the 3D graphic environment. I will also outline a broader perspective on the influence of technology on art and examine its paradigm, consisting in the accommodation of art on the Web at least in the two ways shown in the study. I will use some examples of net art works created in recent years, and will visit some museums on the Net. This approach assumes that the development of the Web has been a breakthrough in the history of art, which is reflected in its impact on the arts on a previously unprecedented scale. One could even say that in this case, the impact is total. The Web has not only become a medium that allows us to extend the boundaries of art, but owing to its spatial character allowing it to become an exhibition space, it has even taken over the functions of the traditional art scene. Hence, I believe that the development of technology, especially the Internet, is a turning point for the arts in their development and in the methods of their presentation and archiving

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