Electronic media have played a substantial part in the history of art, yet their influence is generally trivialized. In line with this constant the role of the Internet in art is suffering the same fate. From John Cage’s silent denial of how our ears had been expanded with telephones and radio receivers to the contemporary art world’s refusal to look beyond the screen of the computer runs a history of obscured alliances between human and machine. Geek DIY cultures today push for a grounding of art and culture through the recognition of our relationship to our environment as a whole, including the beauty and grime of technology.
