The article “Web Work” was a very interesting piece that highlighted the timeline of internet art, dating back to the early days of the web. I found it very interesting that the beginning of “net art” was completely accidental, and that it happened around the time of a major decline in the demand for physical art. While this art was being churned out by actual artists all around the globe, it is worth looking at the fact that digital art has been being created unknowingly all around us. The small and basic websites of old could very well be considered web art. All of the intricate myspace accounts that popped up in the 2000s could be catalogued as historical vaults, containing the culture and events of that time. The beauty of internet art is that just like physical art, the boundaries are constantly being pushed and the nature of it is always being redefined. Internet art isn’t just something to sit and look at. It can be interactive, multi-level, and with tools like video filters, it can be reflective of whatever user is viewing it. In the near future, I believe that more and more digital art galleries will make appearances, especially after the digitalization of everything post-covid.
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