Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2003. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 183-102). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2003. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 183-102). Also available on the Internet.

In my thesis I focus mainly on omnipresence of the internet and technology. Additionally on colapse of physical environment in online culture and infinite reproduction ability and transformability of digital matter. However, I’m also concerned about their feedback application into exhibition areas. The thesis deals with change of authorship – after an art piece gets documented, it becomes a circulating material. Authorship of an artwork is almost impossible to track down, same as the initial context. Artistic outcome switches from auratic object into a file which is a subject to the network architecture. In the last two decades the relationship between image, text, language, meaning, body, space, subject and object changed radically. The task is no longer to create unique and original art but to observe existing supplies of images and spaces as de-subjectivized.

Thesis (M.Ed.)--Victoria University of Wellington, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references.

During the 1990s, artists started to explore the possibilities of the World Wide Web. This thesis investigates online artworks by studying their agency. Why do people interact with them, as if they are alive? How do they mobilise people, or make them share visions and ideas? Based on research in largely untapped archives, it presents an in-depth examination of several case studies, exploring the artwork's ability to have the power to act in a variety of social settings. Through studying the life trajectory of the artwork, it also offers insights in how these dynamic entities undergo changes over time and across cultures. Grounded in theoretical literature on the agency of art, this research offers an innovative way of understanding Internet art and it contributes to wider conversations about the agency of art and artefacts. Case studies include: Mouchette (Martine Neddam), 'Mouchette' (1996-present). Web project (www.mouchette.org). Collection of Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam). Shu Lea Cheang, 'Brandon' (1998-1999). Web project (brandon.guggenheim.org). Collection of Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York). Lynn Hershman Leeson, 'Agent Ruby' (1998-2002). Web project (agentruby.sfmoma.org). Collection of SFMOMA (San Francisco).

This thesis deals with contemporary art movement called post internet, its forms and its presentation within the gallery spaces. The emphasis is based on a complex description of its topics, mailny the problems of its presentation, the corporate aestetics, the radical identification and the post human body. The third chapter describes the transfer of the art from the internet into the gallery spaces and its methods. The last part of this text is then devoted to the Czech post internet art scene and to the negative impact of the internet on the sociaty and the art.

Ce mémoire est le résultat d’une recherche multidisciplinaire suivant les voies de la philosophie, de la sociologie et des études médiatiques afin de saisir le discours et les particularités uniques de l’œuvre d’art Web Nanodramas : Identity Pills de l’artiste d’origine brésilienne Rodrigo de Toledo. Dans l’optique de bien analyser le discours thématique de l’artiste, présentant l’identité comme un produit de consommation accessible par le biais d’un site de vente pastiche, il fut nécessaire de plonger dans l’analyse du média même, afin d’y puiser des ressources et des modalités uniques permettant de parfaire la réflexion sur l’œuvre. C’est ainsi que l’analyse juxtapose, en une seule enquête, une réflexion thématique à caractère sociologique à un examen philosophique et formel du Web, afin de dépeindre un portrait complet de l’œuvre et des attributs médiatiques singuliers employé par l’artiste. / This thesis follows a multidisciplinary approach using the branches of philosophy, sociology and media studies, with the intention of comprehending the singular aspects of the Web artwork Nanodramas : Identity Pills by the Brazilian artist Rodrigo de Toledo. In order to understand correctly the message transmitted by the artist, the presentation of identity as a consumable product accessible via a fake commercial website, it was necessary to delve into the analysis of the media itself, and draw upon its unique resources to improve the reflection of the work. Following this line of though, the analysis is able to combine, in a single investigation, a sociological reflection of the artwork to a philosophical and formal examination of the Web, so that it was possible to depict a complete picture of Nanodramas and the unique media attributes used by the artist.

Mémoire présenté en cotutelle : Université Laval, Québec, Canada, Maître en droit (LL. M.) et Université Paris-Saclay, Cachan, France Master (M.) / La Convention de Rome est le texte international qui fonde les prémisses du régime des artistes-interprètes. Elle dispose que trois critères doivent être identifiés : la présence d'une personne physique, la réalisation d'une interprétation et la présence d'une œuvre de l'esprit. Ces trois critères sont communs à tous les artistes-interprètes : musiciens, comédiens, acteurs. Dans le domaine de l'audiovisuel, les nouvelles techniques numériques ont souvent remis en question le régime de l'artiste-interprète : au cinéma, surtout, il est fréquent de voir en postproduction l'usage de techniques d'effets visuels numériques, ce qui permet, somme toute, de modifier une interprétation réelle pour aboutir à une création virtuelle. Aujourd'hui, c'est davantage l'usage de l'intelligence artificielle qui questionne les juristes : l'intervention d'une image numérique peut supprimer le critère d'intervention d'une personne physique. L'apparition d'Internet a également posé d'autres difficultés, en ce qui concerne la diffusion et l'interprétation d'œuvres en ligne par de purs amateurs. Mais le contenu créé est-il toujours une œuvre de l'esprit ? Ainsi, deux niveaux de bouleversements de l'audiovisuel par les nouvelles techniques peuvent être constatés : au stade de la diffusion des œuvres et au stade de leur création. La notion d'interprétation, point central des critères d'accès au régime de l'artiste-interprète, est donc particulièrement bouleversée : comprendre les difficultés théoriques et pratiques est essentiel pour ne pas perdre l'esprit du législateur de la Convention de Rome. La confrontation du régime initial de l'artiste-interprète, lié à l'expansion de ces nouvelles techniques, aux difficultés pratiques actuelles, permet d'appréhender les possibles changements d'un tel régime, de saisir les points de tension et d'envisager les hypothèses d'un changement de nature du droit voisin de l'artiste-interprète. / The Rome Convention is the international text governing the status of performers. It stipulates that three criteria must be identified: the presence of a natural person, the performance of an interpretation and the presence of a work of the mind. These three criteria are common to all performers: musicians, comedians and actors. In the audiovisual field, new digital techniques have often called into question the status of the performer: in cinema, in particular, it is common to see the use of digital visual effects techniques in post-production, which, after all, make it possible to modify a real performance to produce a virtual creation. Today, it is more the use of artificial intelligence that is raising questions among legal experts: the intervention of a digital image necessarily removes the criterion of intervention by a physical person. The emergence of the Internet has also posed other difficulties, regarding the online distribution of works by pure amateurs. But is the content always created a work of the mind? New technologies have brought about two levels of upheaval in the audiovisual sector: at the stage of distribution of works, and at the stage of their creation. The notion of interpretation, central to the criteria for access to the performer's regime, is thus particularly upended: understanding the theoretical and practical difficulties is essential to preserve the spirit of the legislator of the Rome Convention. Comparing the performer's initial regime, linked to the expansion of these new techniques, with today's difficulties enables us to understand the possible changes to such a regime, to grasp the points of tension and to envisage the hypotheses of a change in the nature of the performer's neighboring right.