http://switch.sjsu.edu/index.html


Switch is a journal edited by Joel Slayton of CADRE, a new media lab at the San Jose University School for art and design. Online since 1995, the publication’s objective is to analyze and discuss all new art forms, explaining their potential future developments and encouraging new collaborative relationships between like-minded individuals interested in the same challenges. The site, whose graphics seem to be inspired by space-age or sci-fi iconography, has an archive where all the previous editions of the journal are preserved, an area dedicated to articles in which either interviews are given or interesting items are written on individual artists or on specific themes, and a special projects area.

http://www.moma.org/timestream


Commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art in New York, TimeStream is a sophisticated Internet project created by American artist Tony Oursler. Divided into four distinct chapters, it deals with the history of telecommunications from antiquity to the modern day. A sort of evolutionary trip through all kinds of media, from the darkroom and the kaleidoscope to satellites and cellphones, it also makes references to parallel cultural developments. According to Barbara London, Associated Curator of the museum “TimeStream demonstrates the resonance of the moving image’s transformation from medium to medium.” A very complex project, support was found in the collaboration with designer Eric Rosevear and the technical assistance of C404. The museum continues to show interest in the approaches toward new expressive forms, annually commissioning Internet projects from two or three artists, selected by a committee made up of curators from several of the museum’s departments. The projects then go on to enrich their online archives, active since 1995.

http://www.javamuseum.org


The java museum, which is part of the Musée di-visioniste and The NewMediaArtProjectNetwork, is hosting the online exhibition 1st of Java-Perspectives on New Media. A wide variety of projects created by different artists working with new technologies are brought together in various sections “Living Room,” “Communication,” “Garden,” “Studio,” and “Poetesses Lounge.” The museum is also promoting the JavaArtist 2001 Award, which is dedicated to artists utilizing software and other tools related to the Net and its language. After having selected a series of candidates, an independent jury named the winners Tiia Johannson from Estonia, whose work is available for viewing on the site along with other biographical information, the Australian artist mez [ mary-anne breeze ], and Jody Zellen from the United States.

http://www.diacenter.org/shimabuku


This is the first computer-assisted work realized by the Japanese artist Shimabuku. It was created as part of the Web projects series started by the New York-based Dia center for the arts in 1995. Moon Rabbit is a screensaver that presents an image of the moon; upon its surface shadowy figures slowly appear, such as that of a rabbit, a face, or a donkey. The characters morph from one to the other when the moon’s image enlarges or shrinks. You can download the screensaver that runs with either a Windows or Macintosh operating system. Among the more recent Internet projects realized for the site are Phantom Tales by Feng Mengbo and Present by David Claerbout.

http://www.anat.org.au


The Australian Network for Art and Technology is the major Australian reference tool on artists, whether national or international, working with new technologies. One of its objectives is to support and promote the work of the entire range of people undertaking research out on the frontiers of art, technology, and science. Founded in 1985, Anat doesn’t have an actual physical headquarters, only an online presence. The organization works in close contact with various associations with the aim of organizing conferences, workshops, projects, and events. Anat’s site also offers up its calendar of events, as well as links illustrating the present artistic situation in Australia. The homepage also announces its imminent restyling.