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We have been following a group of artists whose work is largely based on what Olia Lialina calls the vernacular web and who have been able to generate a kind of “scene” based on shared interests and attitudes. A few days ago,
Montage: Unmonumental Online
, is curated by Lauren Cornell (who also organized the online group show
Professional Surfer
) and Marisa Olson, both members of Rhizome, an organization affiliated with the New Museum to carry out the media art program.
The article mentions many of the most active artists, groups and websites in this whole scene, including Marisa Olson herself, who tells the journalist Andrew LaVallee the following: “You might think that the contemporary art world is up to date with all this, but it isn’t (yet).“. We are amused by this self-awareness of being at an inflection point in the history of recent art, and at the same time we find it interesting to see “in real time” how alliances are formed and bets are placed on this that some brainless person has already called Net Art 2.0.