https://video.rhizome.org/videos/watch/9b89b7ae-7a08-4db1-8c4d-5a9f60556795 Marking the conclusion of Chapter Two of Net Art Anthology, this presentation and discussion convenes artists and scholars to revisit the network culture that emerged in the post-9/11 moment and its relevance for artists. The 9/11 attacks were a pivotal moment in the internet’s role in public life in the US, one of the first times that a national tragedy would be consumed and processed online at such a massive scale. In this context, a number of contemporary artists began to grapple with the ways in which content had begun to acquire meaning and power through its circulation in this emerging network, even as it was subject to endless duplication, deterioration, and manipulation. They sought ways to intervene in this complex ensemble, harnessing its capacity to produce and propagate meaning and exploring its blind spots and limitations. Together, these works reflect a moment in which artists were beginning to reckon with the internet as a pervasive social and cultural force, setting up lines of inquiry that remain equally urgent in the present. Following a screening of Seth Price’s Rejected or Unused Clips, Arranged in Order of Importance (2003), David Joselit explores Price’s approach to image circulation as articulated in his seminal work Dispersion (2002-ongoing.) Rhizome’s Assistant Curator of Net Art Aria Dean presents William Pope.L’s work Distributing Martin (2000-2005) followed by Mariam Ghani presents How to See the Disappeared: A warm database (a 2004 collaboration with Chitra Ganesh). Finally, Eva and Franco Mattes, aka 0100101110101101.org, explain what they learned by putting their lives—or at least, the entire contents of their desktop computer—into circulation as an artistic act for the online performance work Life Sharing (2000-2003). Recorded November 3rd, 2017 at the New Museum. Thu, 28 May 2026 09:29:57 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://video-new.rhizome.org https://video-new.rhizome.org/client/assets/images/icons/icon-1500x1500.png https://video.rhizome.org/videos/watch/9b89b7ae-7a08-4db1-8c4d-5a9f60556795 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://video-new.rhizome.org/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.