About
This website documents the framework of networked art as detailed in the PhD thesis, The transformative nature of networks within contemporary art practice, by Garrett Lynch. It should be viewed as supporting material for the thesis.
The framework is a model of a type of contemporary art practice that is transformed by the impact of networks and networked thinking, and is in turn itself transformative in its practice. As such the framework is presented here as a 3D model that can be visually and interactively explored.
The purpose of this is two-fold. Firstly the 3D model is representative, that is it provides an explanation or 'image', of an already existing type of contemporary art practice. Secondly, and more importantly, the 3D model is a plan, blueprint or diagram that can be applied to the act of creating art and effectively structure artistic practice. This latter conception of the framework follows Deleuze and Guattari's proposal of the network as diagram. That is, that the purpose of a network as diagram:
is not to denote or to image the morphemes of an already-constituted referent, but to produce them.
Help
The model can be viewed in two ways: through the Animation Mode menu which explains the different stages and components of the framework as an animation or through the Interactive Mode menu which allows direct manipulation of the framework.
Animation Mode: Using the animation mode the framework is presented as a linear animation which explains its different stages and components. Simply click on the play button to view the animation or slide the slider to view specific stages of the framework.
Interactive Mode: Using the interactive mode the framework can be freely manipulated using the buttons provided and the mouse. Each button will make a component of the framework visible or invisible. Note that only certain combinations of components are allowed as defined by the framework. When viewing the framework as a triangle (as a two dimensional model) the model can be rotated on the z-axis only and zoomed in on with the cursor. When viewing the framework as a tetrahedron (as a three dimensional model) the model can be rotated on all three axis's and zoomed in on with the cursor.
Credits
This site has been made ethically with the use of the following resources: