Dorian Batycka
This insurrectionary essay deals with forms of Electronic Civil Disobedience (ECD) paying close attention to the Critical Art Ensemble (CAE) and Electronic Disturbance Theatre (EDT) and the development of FloodNet software in solidarity with the Zapatista uprisings in Chiapas, Mexico, in the mid 1990s. From here, this essay steps back to examine the Internet from a multitude of different perspectives, destabilizing traditional narratives situating its emergence via Tim Berners-Lee and Leonard Kleinrock, instead, suggesting the Internet is best conceptualized via the image of the network in the popular imaginary, developed by those such as Buckminster Fuller, Steward Brand and the Situationist International. The concept of the ‘network’ thus informs the second portion of this essay, sit[...] Read more
Dan Zimmerman
Art as an Autonomous Commodity within the Global Market will explore art as a unique commodity that asserts its autonomy by occupying and transcending material value while still being deeply influenced by instruments of economy. It will examine what is of value, different value measurements, and how these values are decided and implemented. It will also focus on the effect of these value judgments during periods of deregulation and the impact these periods have on monetary value, celebrity capital, the redefinition of criticism, and the future of artistic autonomy within the global market. Read more
