today in the-mail >Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 19:25:16 -0400 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: Robert Atkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: <nettime> eBay Art on the Media Channel >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Precedence: bulk > >"Art AS Auction" http://www.mediachannel.org > >eBay, the online auction site, has become a winning combination: it's >profitable, addictive and riding high on the stock market. What's more, >writes >MediaChannel Media Arts Editor Robert Atkins, it's an art form. From Cary >Peppermint selling himself as an art medium to art students selling gallery >space, conceptual art via eBay is practically a genre unto itself. But are >these artists actually challenging the "cultural illness" represented by a >site that allows everyone a piece of the e-commerce action, or are they >just being consumed by it themselves? > ># distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission ># <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, ># collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets ># more info: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and "info nettime-l" in the msg body ># archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
