Curating on the Web: Exhibiting Internet-based Art

Duration

Apr. 05 - May. 03, 2021

Enroll before

Apr. 01, 2021

One-time Payment

172.00 € (incl. VAT)

Live sessions

3 hrs/week

*This course offers University credits. To opt for credits read this page

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Since its beginning, the internet has been used for practices that take the web as an artistic medium in itself. In that sense, Internet art is a site-specific art form, dependent on its being online – and connected to other entities in the network.

This course gives you an insight into the processes and methods of curating ephemeral, internet-based art and the challenges these can pose to you as curator. It introduces the platforms and websites where these exhibitions are shown, in both institutional as well as independent contexts.

The course aims to give you theoretical and practical tools to curate the web, how to manage your curatorial projects as well as how to launch your online exhibition. It also touches upon how to document your exhibition and artworks for archival use and how to promote it. Included in the course is a practical assignment, where the participants conceptualize and develop an internet-based curatorial proposal and are given feedback and advice for future project development.

Image: Markus Spiske

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Week 1. Introduction

Introduction to the program and course overview.

This is a one-hour-only welcome session. The lecturer will introduce the program and participants will introduce themselves. No prior preparation is necessary.

Week 2. Introduction to the field of internet art

Introduction to the internet as medium and internet-based art practices
Important characteristics of the web to be considered inrelation to curating
Physical space vs. online space
Discussion of how internet art can be exhibited online with relevant case studies

Week 3. The curatorial process

Curatorial theory and organization of dynamic and immaterial projects
Curatorial tools - how and / or if they differ in the online-sphere
Different formats of and approaches to the online exhibition space
Combining online and physical space – why this can be an interesting factor
Launching the project (events, marketing and mediation program)

Week 4. Developing the exhibition: getting technical

Further technical characteristics of the web
Dynamic structures, variability and virality
The distributional nature of the web and how this can be used as a force in your project
Different formats for curating in (websites, blogs, YouTube/Vimeo and social networks as exhibition spaces)
Practical aspects of the curatorial process, the steps you need to take – and when to take them
Creating a design brief for your online project

Week 5. Steps to take after the exhibition is launched

How to continue to work and promote your project once it’s out there
Interactivity: how does the audience engage with an online exhibition and how to develop this
After the exhibition: Documenting your exhibition
Institutions and initiatives that supports internet based art
The ephemerality of code and considerations of “conservation” of internet art

We will use Zoom for the live video conferences, please check Zoom's technical requirements here.

Live captioning will be available during the video conference.

"I found Tina to be a great resource and gained a lot of insight about internet art history as well as practical things to consider when putting an exhibition together."

Curating on the Web: Exhibiting Internet-based Art

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