| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Cities and cultures |
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Cities and cultures.
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| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Cracking the City -- 2. Cracking Painting -- 3. Cracking the Ether -- 4. Passageways -- Conclusion: The Digital City -- Primary and Archival Sources -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
The narrative of the birth of internet culture often focuses on the achievements of American entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley, but there is an alternative history of internet pioneers in Europe who developed their own model of network culture in the early 1990s. Drawing from their experiences in the leftist and anarchist movements of the '80s, they built DIY networks that give us a glimpse into what internet culture could have been if it were in the hands of squatters, hackers, punks, artists, and activists. In the Dutch scene, the early internet was intimately tied to the aesthetics and politics of squatting. Untethered from profit motives, these artists and activists aimed to create a decentralized tool that would democratize culture and promote open and free exchange of information |
| Analysis |
Punk, DIY, squatters, media art, Amsterdam |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 01, 2021) |
| Subject |
Art and the Internet -- Netherlands
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Public art -- Netherlands
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Media studies.
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Internet: general works.
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COMPUTERS -- Internet -- General.
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Art and the Internet
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Public art
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Media studies: internet, digital media and society.
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Urban communities.
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Internet: general works.
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Netherlands
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789048553723 |
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9048553725 |
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