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Online Portuguese NetArt 1997 | 2004

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Luís Silva is the curator of Online Portuguese Netart 1997 | 2004. He studied Social Sciences and is now completing his MA on Communication, Culture and Information Technologies. Silva is finishing a research project concerning the transformations on the contemporary art worlds caused by the use of digital tools in creating art works. He has written several texts addressing the issues of art and technology. Silva has also developed his activity producing contemporary art shows since 2003, mainly of Portuguese contemporary artists.



Online Portuguese Netart 1997 | 2004 is the first retrospective show of Portuguese netart. It is the result of the curator's latest research project addressing the changes in the art worlds caused by the introduction of digital tools in the artistic process. Despite having such a retrospective status, the show is no more than the curator's subjective view of what have been the most interesting netart pieces created by Portuguese artists. The show includes 17 projects divided into 5 different categories, (h)activism, interactivity, narrative, world wide web and geography, each referring to specific themes or issues explored by the artists.

Luís Silva


What's an online exhibition? What does it mean to exhibit something which is already exhibited? It is ultimately a selection work. We decided to assume this simplicity: we made a list of links. Without much of a decoration effort and no homogenization. We took the liberty to place the link in front of everything else aimed to reaffirm that the role of an online exhibition is that of a pointer and that the Net is above all a network of links. We made no effort to contextualize the pieces within the interface and outside their online space. We value the fragmented nature of the net and we worked without templates.

Sofia Oliveira



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What's an online exhibition? What does it mean to exhibit something which is already exhibited? It is ultimately a selection work. We decided to assume this simplicity: we made a list of links. Without much of a decoration effort and no homogenization. We took the liberty to place the link in front of everything else aimed to reaffirm that the role of an online exhibition is that of a pointer and that the Net is above all a network of links. We made no effort to contextualize the pieces within the interface and outside their online space. We value the fragmented nature of the net and we worked without templates.
Sofia Oliveira