Anti-Net Art Society

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The Following information
was taken from a cynical trial
conducted by the
Anti-Net Art Society.

Hello,

My name is Dr. Yes Sir I will do as you wish - Johnson, President of the
Anti-Net Art Society.

Our well known and established organization is constantly researching and
developing methods and products to slow down and even reverse the
independent and ever creative effects of Net Art and its recent
achievements. I'm writing to share with you an important strategic
breakthrough in the treatment of Net Art.

Very recently, a product was released by the name of Dehumanizing the
Internet.
This non revolutionary product is institutionally proven to reverse the
independent Net Art process.

Our aim is to promote only those that we have supported or have close
connections to, or allegiances to, during the so called 'heroic age', thus
actively leaving out those who were not supported and are still not
affiliated to many of our established structures; thus leaving them out of
the picture of accepted history. Our tactic is a breakthrough, we create a
conference or exhibition and many apply from all over the world, then we
turn down those who are not connected to or supported by affiliated
institutions; using this disclaimer: 'We received proposals from hundreds of
artists, theorists, researchers, scientists and performers in over 25
countries. The overall standard of proposals was extremely high, and
unfortunately we had to make some very tough decisions to arrive at a
program which we feel fitted the thematic and topical focus we were trying
to achieve'. Of course, we knew that many of the more underground Net
Artists would apply but if you want the best, meaning those of whom who are
already accepted, we highly recommend that you use this very effective
method of objective deduction.

So use this incredible disclaimer yourselves, completely unparalleled by any
method of isolation on the market today, a perfect divide and rule tactic.
This is an ideal way for us to get rid of those upstarts who question our
ethics, leaving them to rot with those 'normal' people who are not
institutionally proven:

-New aesthetic rules and control restored
-Increased admin levels
-Improved structures and non emotional stability . reprogrammed memory and
Art-World security
-Increased sexual nepotism  . Controlled artists
-Loss in subversive's . Increased curatorial exploitation
-Reduced Radical Net Art . Real Net Art disappears


Make Net Art Your Product, rewrite history. Take it out of the hands of
those who are engaging in it collectively and supporting each other (because
we were too scared of their challenging ideas in the first place) many of us
whom are running institutions know from experience, that this takes power
away from our own faculties. Kill them dead!!! Before they get more power.
Remember - collect their ideas first because as I am sure you know by now,
this is good currency, but do not accept them for they will begin to break
down our specialization into non specialist environments. And before you
know it everyone will be an Artist or Net Artist; and where would that leave
us then?