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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