article in ARTFORUM, Web Work: A history of internet art is truly excellent. I was on the margins of that world when I worked at CTHEORY, and I was quite nostalgic reading about all of the old gems I remember visiting as soon as the email crossed my screen. Back then phrases like, “Not unlike the Surrealists and Situationists” were my stock in trade. And that old net.art sensibility still informs the work I do today, which is much more mainstream. One thing missing, however, was mention of the Critical Art Ensemble, who helped define a moment they called “the electronic disturbance” in their books, The Electronic Disturbance, Electronic Civil Disobedience, and Flesh Machine. [via Aaron]
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