Internet Art at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

[anna balint]

On the occasion of the launch and acquisition of two Internet projects
at
www.guggenheim.org/internetart, the Guggenheim Museum offers the
following
free programs in March and April at its main building at 88th Street and

Fifth Avenue:

*Art in a Networked Space*
Monday, March 18, 2002 at 7 pm
Sackler New Media Theater

New-media artist Mark Napier illustrates the underlying social
implications
of Web browsers and networked environments with past projects including
P-Soup, Shredder, Feed, as well as a new Guggenheim-commissioned work,
net.flag. The audience has an opportunity to interact with net.flag in
The
Sackler Center Computer Lab. Napier's projects have been featured in on-

and offline exhibitions at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; ZKM,
Karlsruhe, Germany; and at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

*Who Controls New Media? Open Art in Closed Systems*
Thursday March 21, 2002 at 7 pm
Peter B. Lewis Theater

In the 1960s artists and technologists independently laid the groundwork

for two parallel forms of democratic expression: the "open artwork"
characterized by viewer participation, and a global Internet where ideas

and images could be freely circulated. Four decades later, the expansion
of
copyright has clamped down on public use, interactivity has become a
marketing buzzword, and national security and freedom of expression
appear
irreconcilable. Can today's digital artists reassert open protocols in
an
increasingly closed society? Participants include Leipzig-based media
historian and interactivity specialist Dieter Daniels; Alex Galloway,
Rhizome.org content director and creator of the FBI-inspired "Carnivore"

surveillance software; and lawyer-programmer Wendy Seltzer, whose
Openlaw
Web site offers artists innovative tools for protecting their freedom of

expression. The discussion is moderated by Jon Ippolito and co-organized
by
the Guggenheim and Goethe-Institut Inter Nationes New York.

*Collecting the Uncollectable*
Tuesday, April 9, 2002 at 7 pm
Sackler New Media Theater

What are the implications of buying and selling software-based artwork?
Join artists John Klima, Mark Napier, John F. Simon Jr. and new-media
consultant Michele Thursz in a discussion of new business models for
artists working in digital media. The participants will present
real-life
examples of the challenges of adapting the existing art market to new
artistic mediums. The discussion is moderated by Jon Ippolito, who will
contrast closed- and open-license models for distributing artworks.

www.guggenheim.org/internetart
www.guggenheim.org/programs