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1 online resource. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Series |
Cities and cultures
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Cities and cultures.
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Contents |
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Cracking the City -- 2. Cracking Painting -- 3. Cracking the Ether -- 4. Passageways -- Conclusion: The Digital City -- Primary and Archival Sources -- Bibliography -- Index |
Summary |
The narrative of the birth of internet culture often focuses on the achievements of American entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley, but there is an alternative history of internet pioneers in Europe who developed their own model of network culture in the early 1990s. Drawing from their experiences in the leftist and anarchist movements of the '80s, they built DIY networks that give us a glimpse into what internet culture could have been if it were in the hands of squatters, hackers, punks, artists, and activists. In the Dutch scene, the early internet was intimately tied to the aesthetics and politics of squatting. Untethered from profit motives, these artists and activists aimed to create a decentralized tool that would democratize culture and promote open and free exchange of information. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Art and the Internet -- Netherlands.
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Art and the Internet. |
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Netherlands. |
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Public art -- Netherlands.
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Public art. |
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COMPUTERS -- Internet -- General. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Wasielewski, Amanda. From City Space to Cyberspace. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, ©2021 |
ISBN |
9789048553723 (electronic book) |
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9048553725 (electronic book) |
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9789463725453 |
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9463725458 |
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