Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2002 12:15:36 -0800 To: "lewis lacook" From: "Marisa S. Olson" Subject: Re: RHIZOME_RAW: "digital poetry" vs net art CC: list@rhizome.org >Are "digital poetry" and net art two distinct genres? And, perhaps >more importantly, should they be? lewis, an interesting question, though i do wonder if "digital poetry" isn't a romanticization of work (text-based or otherwise) constructed and/or experienced in/with digital media. of course you know that your question involves defining the "products" of two practices that tend to defy definition--particularly among these object-oriented lines. however, i would most certainly say that there is a "poetics" of "net art," in the sense that there are specific rhetorical, narratological, structural conditions under which the work is made, represented, distributed, accessed, interpreted, etc.. the means, modes, and vehicles by which it signifies.... marisa _________________ Marisa S. Olson Associate Director SF Camerawork 415. 863. 1001