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Net Art from the 2002 Whitney Biennial

The 2002 Whitney Biennial includes the following works that further explore the notion of how the network is transforming, in the larger sense, the way we think about mappings, geographies, distance, time, etc. The map is changing. Rather than simply being used to chart physical space, works are being constructed to visualize and map virtual space. Notes are culled from the Whitney's "Artport" site curated by Christiane Paul.

http://www.whitney.org/artport/exhibitions

Mary Flanagan
"Collection"
http://www.maryflanagan.com/collection.htm

"'Collection' is a networked computer application that creates a visible, virtual collective unconscious... an extension of Mary Flanagan's previous project "phage," which created the same kind of moving 3-D maps based on data culled from a single user's computer."

Benjamin Fry
"Valence"
http://acg.media.mit.edu/people/fry/valence

"Benjamin Fry's data visualization software "Valence" creates visual constructions of large bodies of information... individual pieces of information are represented visually according to their interactions with each other."

Lisa Jevbratt/C5
"1:1"
http://www.c5corp.com/1to1

"1:1 is a portrait of the World Wide Web... consisting of five different visualizations of the Web as a "numerical" space."

Josh On, Futurefarmers
"They Rule"
http://www.theyrule.net

"The website allows users to browse through a variety of maps that function as directories to companies such as Pepsi, Coca-Cola, and Microsoft."

Yael Kanarek
"World of Awe"
http://www.worldofawe.net

"'World of Awe' explores the virtual world in terms of the relationship between between storytelling and travel, as well as technological and "lived" memory."

John Klima
"Earth"
http://www.cityarts.com/earth

"'Earth,' a unique geo-spatial visualization system, represents a broad range of information out our planet in multiple data layers."

Margot Lovejoy
"Turns"
http://myturningpoint.com

"The "Turns" website collects and shares personal stories of life turning points... people may also contribute and draw a "life map," visually representing the course of their lives."

Mark Napier
"Riot"
http://www.potatoland.org/riot

"'Riot'" is an alternative, 'cross-content' Web browser... [that] disrupts the accepted rules of property and exposes the fragility of territorial boundaries.