Index

Series Foreword		vii	
Foreword		ix	
Joel Slayton
Acknowledgments		xi	
Introduction		1	
I The Emergence of Virtual Art (1918--1983)
9	
Historical Antecedents (1918--1967)
11	
Artistic Sources
11	
Modern Light Art
13	
Spectator Participation
29	
Environmental Artistic Commitments
39	
Technical Sources (such as Engineering and Inventions)
46	
Other Sources (such as Science and Linguistics)
47	
Technological Art and Artists (1968--1983)
49	
Laser Art
49	
Holographic Art
52	
Eco-technological Art
59	
Computer Art
64	
Communication Art
75	
II Current Virtual Art and Artists (1983--2004)
87	
Materialized Digital-Based Work
89	
Plastic Issues
89	
Cognition Issues
110	
Bioaesthetic Issues
118	
Multimedia and Multisensorial Off-Line Works
131	
Language, Narration, Hypertext
131	
Plastic Multimedia Issues
156	
Synesthesia
161	
Sociopolitical and Security Issues
175	
Interactive Digital Installations
181	
Sensory Immersion
181	
Reciprocal Aesthetic Propositions
220	
Individual Commitments to Interactivity
248	
Social, Environmental, and Scientific Commitments to Interactivity
275	
Multimedia Online Works (Net Art)
313	
The Internet as a Social Communications Option
313	
Personal Presence Online
355	
Critical Artistic Attitudes on the Net
371	
Telematic and Telerobotic Human Commitments
379	
Conclusion
395	
Notes		399	
Bibliography		405	
Artists List		415	
Index		429