ARTEX
ARTEX (Artist's Electronic Exchange Network) was a "communication field" for artists conceived by the Canadian artist Robert Adrian X in collaboration with Bill Bartlett. Around 35 artists worldwide took part. The basis of this artistic network was the software of the same name, ARTEX, which the Vienna office of IP Sharp made available as a simple "intercontinental, interactive, electronic art exchange program" in 1980/81.
ARTEX as an artistic network
The artistic network also used other possibilities of the telephone network in parallel to the large-scale computer network . However, it was historically significant that for the first time an artistic network was operated via an intercontinental computer network.
Realized projects as an artistic ARTEX network included:
- "The world in 24 hours", Ars Electronica 1982
- "Planetary Network" for the Venice Biennale 1986
In addition, the conference software was supplemented with a TV system and several fax projects were carried out. There were also other artistic network projects that were realized with the software and equipment. Amongst other things:
- "La Plissure du Texte", a fairy tale written by internationally networked authors, organized for the exhibition "Electra 83" in the Musée d'Art Moderne by Roy Ascott in 1983
- Various "telephone music" z. B. "Wiencouver IV", with the groups 'Blix', Vienna, and 'Western Front', Vancouver, 1983
- BTX Magazine from ARTEX users
In terms of media theory , ARTEX can be understood as an artistic network that has produced analog and digital net art in the sense of both 'art on the net' and 'art with the net'. The ARTEX users saw themselves as a kind of online community . Her global telecommunications projects anticipated later developments.
Software and hardware
The software was based on the commercial IP Sharp network software ARTEX. A text editor was implemented with which text messages could be exchanged over the network, as well as an online conference program with the then exceptional ability to allow several participants to have a kind of chat at the same time . ARTEX was also able to establish connections to international databases.
The hardware consisted largely of the computer network from IP Sharp, which was networked intercontinentally via satellite.
environment
The forerunners of ARTEX emerged from collaborations between various artists and IP Sharp Toronto, e. B. the Artbox e-mail network. The first use of the software for a worldwide artistic communication project was 'Interplay' by Bill Bartlett for the "Computer Culture" conference in Toronto 1979. The successor to ARTEX was the Zeronet mailbox system operated by Robert Adrian X and Gerfried Stocker , which was part of the " Styrian Culture Initiative " It was established in 1992 and was active as part of FidoNet until 1994 .
literature
- net.art - materials for net art , Tilman Baumgärtel (author), Institut f. modern art Nuremberg (ed.)
- Robert Adrian, Art and Telecommunication, 1979-1986: The Pioneer Years
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Robert Adrian: Art and Telecommunication, 1979-1986: The Pioneer Years. In: telematic connections. Walker Art, accessed October 30, 2010 .