this week's topic is Web Environments

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Is there such a thing as a reality we can only experience through the Net? To what extent is our response to work on the Net conditioned by experiences in the physical world? And what is the influence of other media, such as cinema, print and television? How do artists exploit the web's separation of viewer, content and author - by locating themselves on the border between the real and fictitious, and between the institutionally sanctioned 'truth' and their personal vision of the world? Should we look for intellectual and moral authenticity in net art, and what roles do access and interpretation play in our response to the work?

What is the nature of an 'event' on the web? Is it a good medium for performance? How do virtual artworks unfold in time and space?