Index

INTRODUCTION                                           5
Dieter Daniels/ Gunther Reisinger

PART 1: HISTORICAL SETTINGS                            15
REVERSE ENGINEERING MODERNISM 
WITH THE LAST AVANT-GARD
Dieter Daniels                                         15
RENDEZVOUS: THE DISCOVERY OF PURE
SOCIALITY IN EARLY NET ART
Marc Ries                                              65

PART 2: ARCHIVING AND PRESERVATION                     81
UNDERWAY TO THE DUAL SYSTEM: CLASSICAL ARCHIVES
AND/OR DIGITAL MEMORY
Wolfgang Ernst                                         81
CONTEXT AND ARCHIVE: PRESENTING AND 
PRESERVING NET-BASED ART
Christiane Paul                                        101
DIGITAL SOURCE CRITICISM: NET ART AS A METHODOLOGICAL
CASE STUDY
Gunther Riesinger                                      123

PART 3: ART-HISTORICAL METHODOLOGY                     145
THE FIX VS. THE FLUX: WHICH DIGITAL HERITAGE?
Anna Bentkowska-Kafel                                  145
CAN ART HISTORY DIGEST NET ART? 
Julian Stallabrass                                     165
WHY I NEVER BECAME A NET ART HISTORIAN
Verena Kuni                                            181

PART 4: MUSEALIZATION                                  199
OUT ON THE EDGE
Barbara London                                         199
NET ART IN THE WHITE CUBE: A FISH ON DRY LAND
Robert Sakrowski                                       209

BIOGRAPHIES                                            235

NETPIONEERS.INFO                                       240