[aha] Blog Launch: Networkingart

[T_Bazz]

Blog Launch!

Networkingart
http://networkingart.eu

Networkingart is the result and the evolution of an investigation in the 
field of hacktivism, networking and digital culture started in 1996 by 
Tatiana Bazzichelli, a.k.a. T_Bazz.

Connecting hacker culture, experimental art and activism, Networkingart 
focuses on the activity of communities or individuals who create, act 
and write, exploring the unpredictable, the disruptive practice, the 
cultural 'Trojan Horses' – or better, social hacks – as a strategy for 
art. At the same time, it wants to reflect on the intersection between 
art and digital economy, focusing on the unpredictable as a business 
model, and a way to appropriate and creatively transform media and 
technology.

The art of networking embraces diverse practices and diverse media and 
technologies. And, most of all, diverse people. This blog is dedicated 
to them: to all the artists, hackers, free thinkers and open minds who 
the author has had occasion to meet in the course of her investigation 
and those who will come next. It relates directly to the book 
'Networking. The Net as Artwork' (Tatiana Bazzichelli, 2006; Eng. 2009), 
which describes the evolution of the Italian hacktivism and underground 
culture from the 1980s till today and which was an opportunity to share 
ideas, projects and strategies with hackers and activists from Italy and 
Europe (mostly Middle and Northern Europe).

Networkingart starts in San Francisco, during a Visiting Scholarship of 
four months at Stanford University, in the context of a research about 
social networking, web 2.0 and art developed at Aarhus University, in 
Denmark.
Land of pranksters, artists and free thinkers, California is also land 
of exploration of new social and technological frontiers. This blog will 
evolve creating further connections and networks, both in the physical 
and in the 'virtual' world.

Enjoy it!

http://networkingart.eu