http://www.xcult.ch


Xcult was set up in 1995 as part of “The Thing.ch” – the Swiss branch of an international network. Since then, the site has been host to a variety of projects and presented numerous authors and artists. Xcult creates both individual and group works, the most recent being The Ram Show. Artists and writers from cities the world over – Geneva, Helsinki and Toronto to name but a few – worked together to produce this project on the themes of identity, memory and amnesia. The site is also host to a number of virtual art studios presenting the work of artists such as Stefan Banz, Renate Buser and Susanne Fankhauser. Finally, it contains a database of links to various sites – artists, museums and other exhibition spaces –the majority of which are Swiss.

http://www.eyebeam.org/


Founded in 1996 by director John S. Johnson, Eyebeam Atelier is a non-profit cultural organization devoted to digital art in New York. The aim of the center is to educate and support artists, students and all those interested in the field of contemporary art and technology, by organizing exhibitions, events and artwork production. Eyebeam also organizes an artist–in–residence program, open to two American and two international artists every year. The web site has recently been redesigned. The new graphic layout is attractive, without being fussy, and has lots of devices that make it easy to consult. These include scrolling texts and the possibility to access all sections, subdivided into others, from the home page without requiring a site map.

http://www.icp.org


The International Center of Photography is a museum, a school and a center for photography rolled into one. Founded in 1974, it has two sites in New York, one of which, ICP Midtown, is currently closed for renovation. The institute regularly organizes a series of photography exhibitions, which are recorded on the web site too with images, biographical and bibliographical information about the artists on show, and introductory texts. The site also contains information regarding photography courses and family programs with workshops and seminars. Although the graphics aren’t particularly exciting, the information contained is well organized and the pages are clearly laid out.

http://www.mobilegaze.com


MobileGaze is an online artist collective dedicated to promoting and developing digital artworks. Brad Todd, Valérie Lamontagne and Andrew Brouse founded MobilGaze in Montreal in 1999 to provide a network for artists, critics and all those interested in exchanging ideas about new multimedia productions. The site is also regularly host to interviews – some using audio and video – with artists who have created Internet art projects, such as Slovak Teo Spiller, or light installations like those by Spanish artist Daniel Canogar. An exceptionally dynamic opening page meets visitors to the site, by way of which it’s possible to view Internet projects by every artist presented.

http://www.walkerart.org/salons/shockoftheview


The Shock of the View is a series of events organized in various museums that principally employ digital art and online exhibitions containing art works created specifically for Internet. The project is the result of collaboration between the Walker Art Center and other museums, including the Davis Museum and Cultural Center and the Wexner Center. Works are exhibited in the following categories: “Object”, “Space”, “Performance” and “Ibrido”. The site is also host to various commentaries by artists, critics and curators, on how technology has influenced art, the public and museums. The result is a series of discussions you can join in with for free. Carl DiSalvo from the Walker Art Center and Rachel Greene from Rhizome are the project’s guest curators. Contributors include Mark Amerika, Roy Ascott, Vuk Cosic, Rachel Greene and Ken Goldberg.