Highly Curated New Media Art at Dia
Door kunstvlo op September 29, 2009 12:47. 10 comments
To know where we are heading, we have to know where we come from. In other words: we have to make an inventory of projects done in the past, inspiring artists and leading institutions.
During my humble expedition into the world of new media arts, I quickly came across the Dia Art Foundation and its Artist’s Web Projects.
In a very comprehensive way Dia supports extraordinary artists’projects that might not otherwise be supported by more conventional institutions (as they say it) by giving them an online forum.
Because they have consistently been doing this since 1995, the Artist’s Web Projects has grown into a database of reference.
The overall view is very clear due to the fact the contents are highly curated. This way of working also has a down-side: Artist’s Web Projects is very canonical and hardly leaves any room for beginning, experimenting artists.
Still, it is a great example and obligatory knowledge for everyone dealing with new media art!