Net Art Commissions, 2000–2011: Artwork Texts
Between 2000 and 2011, Tate commissioned fifteen works of net art for its website. Each of the texts below, written by an interdisciplinary team of researchers, focuses on one of these works. Drawing on interviews with artists and technical research, they describe the experience of interacting with the artworks, their reception and technical narrative, both at the time of their launch and in their condition at the time of writing. By addressing each work in turn, the authors investigate the conservation risks and possibilities of a formative group of net artworks.
Uncomfortable Proximity 2000, by Graham Harwood
Le Match des Couleurs 2000, by Simon Patterson
Tate in Space 2002, by Susan Collins
BorderXing Guide 2002–03, by Heath Bunting
Blessed Bandwidth 2003, by Shilpa Gupta
agoraXchange 2004, by Natalie Bookchin and Jacqueline Stevens
Screening Circle 2006 by Andy Deck
The Battle of Algiers 2006 by Marc Lafia and Fang-Yu Lin
The Dumpster 2006, by Golan Levin
The Art of Sleep 2006 and The Art of Silence 2006, by Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries
Watercouleur Park 2007, by Qubo Gas
A Map of Terrorism 2008 by Heath Bunting
Noplace 2008 by MW2MW (Marek Walczak and Martin Wattenberg)
