Arts on the Net

In a comparative analysis of 200 years of art, from the

industrial revolution to the age of the Internet, PhD student

Avi Rosen (Arts) examines the concept of time and space

compression in cyberspace where the pace of life is accelerated

and traditional barriers are obliterated. The project includes

his digital works of art that engage the viewer as partner

in the creative process, and hyperlinks to 28,000 video

clips. He concludes that with the advent of the Internet and

the popularity of the hyper-real (such as immersive virtual

reality environments and computer games), art is now

forever changed.