Online Art: The Birth of A Medium

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"The New York Times ran a piece today about the late futurist and computer networking specialist Tom Mandel, who went on-line with his fatal, five-month long struggle with lung cancer. The current buzzword for describing such ongoing electronic intercourse is virtual community. The newfound ubiquity of the term "community"—as in the art community, the gay community, or the Latino community—is the most telling indicator of its increasing scarcity in American life."
-Art in America, 1995

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