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Collage Telemàtic

Net Collage
[performed in a seminar in Hangar]

comments:

This work was thought as a previous experience to a discussion about the concepts of authorship and art work. We purpose an arbitrary sentence and we ask people to illustrate each word with an image, sound, page or any thing resource which could be found in the net. A deep reference link is necessary to get this. In other words, to link directly to the internet address of the resource file and show it out of context as a part of the web pages of our site.

A browser window divided in some frames allows to use every link in every order. That breaks the tyranny of the linear reading imposed by the text. Only a very attentive user who watchs the internet address of each resource could detect that these resources are not hosted in the own site of the web page. In consequence, most users could believe that the author of the page is the author of the resources, too.

When a visual artist who doesn't work usually with netart discovers that taking the other people's works are so easy he or she says 'Wow!, it's great!". The first reaction is very enthusiastic because the creative possibilities are clear. But afterwards the artist becomes worried about that, because his or her own works could be token by other authors too. The discussion about the legal and economic implications of this matter remains open.