web specific art defintion
A SITE WHICH IS NEW-MEDIA SPECIFIC
(SOMETHING THAT WOULDN'T WORK AS WELL OR AT ALL IN ANOTHER MEDIA)
This can be because of the form the work can take:
such as
- Non-Linearity
- Giving the Illusion of Choice (addressing/reflecting on "Interactivity")
- Multiple Data Streams
- multimedia
- Formal elements specific to the web or the graphical user interface (forms, windows, etc)
or because its addressing subject matter unique or specific to our high
tech times.
such as:
Alexei Shulgin,
Remedy for Information Disease
thanks to Natalie Bookchin/HOMEWORK
in addition
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Although the building of your web art site may have been commercially sponsored, it subject matter cannot be promoting a commercial product or service.
- If your site only works for Macs, crashes other people's machines on a regular basis, without warning, etc. we aren't interested. Over-long downloading will also be deciding factor in accepting nominations.
- We cannot accept nominations of sites currently hosted, commissioned or curated by other online galleries, competitions etc. eg MOMA or RGB Gallery - without their express permission.