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Van Gogh TV's "Piazza Virtuale": The Invention of Social Media at documenta IX in 1992
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Abstract
'Piazza virtuale' by the group of artists known as Van Gogh TV was not only the biggest art project ever to appear on television, but from a contemporary point of view the project was also a forerunner of today's social media. The ground-breaking event that took place during the 100 days of document... view more
'Piazza virtuale' by the group of artists known as Van Gogh TV was not only the biggest art project ever to appear on television, but from a contemporary point of view the project was also a forerunner of today's social media. The ground-breaking event that took place during the 100 days of documenta IX in 1992 was an early experiment with entirely user-created content. This is the first book-length study of this largely forgotten experiment: It documents the radicality of 'Piazza virtuale's' approach, the novel programme ideas and the technical innovations. It also allows, via QR codes, direct access to videos from the show, which until now have been inaccessible.... view less
Classification
Other Fields of Humanities
Interactive, electronic Media
Free Keywords
Art; Cultural History; Documenta; Media; Media Aesthetics; Media Art; Media History; Media Studies; Piazza Virtuale; Social Media; Van Gogh TV
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
231 p.
Series
Edition Medienwissenschaft, 96
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839460665
ISBN
978-3-8394-6066-5
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0