How to Analyse Net Art?

The workshop was broken down into five sections: one that addressed the history and development of net art, presented by Sanneke Huisman (Curator) and Annet Dekker (Curator, Researcher, University of Amsterdam); one presentation devoted to the case studies covered within the scope of the project, presented by Olivia Brum (Junior Conservator); one instructional section on the technical terminology of net art, presented by Claudia Röck (Conservator); one overview of conservation strategies, presented by Gaby Wijers (Director); and finally one DIY workshop where participants practised using the Internet Art Questionnaire developed by LI-MA. 

For the DIY component, participants brought their own examples of net art to analyse, including Constant Dullaart’s The Revolving Internet (2010) and Olia Lialina’s Best Effort Network (2013–2020), generating feedback that contributed to the improvement of the Internet Art Questionnaire. This was the first in a series of workshops for the participating institutions, which will also include one on Documentation and another on Storage.