User:Inge Hoonte/Lurker

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Cory Arcangel: net.art freed artist from museums and galleries. Interesting to read in relation to Olia's newspaper project, work that is made for the web, recognized by the "physical" art world, and translated into a physical form so it can be presented in the analog way as well.

"First we had Geocities (web hosting made easy), then Live Journal (posting text to a web host made easy), then Myspace (Geocities and Live Journal made easy), then Facebook (Myspace made easy), and now Twitter (Livebook and Faceebook made even easier)." >> very much linking existing things together, leaving out other formats that could lead to other future developments by combining their "made easier" components.

Does he imply that just because the reader was made in the educational, artistic field, it is deemed of value instantly? This comes up a lot in the texts for this week, this distinction between educated people, the people who bring you the news, the authorities of truth, the experts, VERSUS "everybody else".

Valid point: in the end, monetary capital makes the world go round (not just the Internet), not cultural capital.

Also: once shine wears off, it's forgotten and we look at next big hit. I'm thinking of one-hit-wonders now (recently ran into Be My Baby by Vanessa Paradis who would mostly be forgotten if it weren't for Johnny Depp), but I guess Myspace was more a temporary trend. One that doesn't have a revival I guess, as in fashion's case with bell bottom pants, neon colors, and leggings.

And lastly: showing validity of making a book about the internet, physically logging its history rather than a website that might be taken offline in the future.