Steve Dietz wrote:

> The Walker Art Center invites you to participate in an online exploration
> of art and the digital age.
>
> The Shock of the View: Artists, Audiences, and Museums in the Digital Age
> September 22, 1998-March 16, 1999
>
> The Walker Art Center, in association with the Davis Museum and Cultural
> Center, Wellesley College, the San Jose Museum of Art, the Wexner Center
> for the Arts, The Ohio State University, and Rhizome, announces a six-month
> online project that explores the similarities and difference between "old"
> art practices and "new " digital work.
>
> Shock of the View begins with online exhibitions--"object lessons"--that
> pair works of art or performances from a museum collection with digital
> works of art.  Every three weeks new work will be added, organized around
> the broad themes of object, space, performance, and the hybrid.
> Commentaries by invited curators, artists, educators, and critics and an
> ongoing listserv will explore the ways digital media impacts artists,
> audiences, and museums.
>
> An abbreviated  list of participants includes: Mark Amerika, Simon Biggs,
> Natalie Bookchin, Kathy Brew, Toni Dove, Timothy Druckrey, Richard Flood,
> Jennifer Gonzalez, Ken Goldberg, Rachel Greene, Diane Gromala, Bill
> Horrigan, Steven Johnson, Sandy Stone, Mark C. Taylor, Laura Trippi, and
> Benjamin Weil.
>
> We welcome your participation and hope you will join the discussion.
> Site: http://www.walkerart.org/salons/shockoftheview/
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