1999: The Millennium Copyright Act and first Yes Men actions, hosted by The Thing servers. Etoy and the Toy War case rigt in the middle of the "dot-com" bubble.
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1991: the first BBS (Bulletin Board Systems). The Thing New York was born. |
1991-4: the first multimedia on-line experiments. Selling images, establishing connections with physical space, first locally then in long distance. |
1995: the first mailing lists. The Thing becomes a non profit organization. The first Web site and the idea of making it function as a social network. The first web cam at The Thing. |
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Between electronic bodies and physical space at the time. Ricardo Dominguez's Electronic Disturbance Theater project and the first acts of "electronic civil disobedience". |
1999: The Millennium Copyright Act and first Yes Men actions, hosted by The Thing servers. Etoy and the Toy War case rigt in the middle of the "dot-com" bubble. |
The relationship between Staehle's networking activities and his work as an artist. "The first time I saw the sunrise in Manhattan was in Germany": "Empire 24/7" and the "Untitled" real time installation on September 11, 2001. The Anschauung and being accused of being an "escapist" artist. |
