Dooley Le Cappellaine on Mon, 13 Dec 1999 00:37:34 +0100 (CET) |
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<nettime> re: Tilman-RFC #1: net art history 1993 - 1996 |
I responded to Tilman's request for information regarding art on line projects between 1993-1996. I was shocked by his innapropriately arrogant and pugnacious response: Here it is: Dooley Le Cappellaine responds to Tillman's request: I made some trail sites during 1995 and put one up early/mid 1996. >At 15:12 15.11.99 -0500, you wrote: >> >>Hello Tillman, >>I am an artist and curator. >>From 1988-94 I ran a gallery of cutting edge contemporary art in SoHo New >York. >>During 1994 I got very interested in new media and decided to close my >>galley in order to focus on my work in this new medium. >>From late 1994 through September 1996 I worked on a CD Rom and website. >>The CD Rom was titled "Technophobia" and is an interactive exhibition of >>artists making artworks in New Media. I thought at the time I would produce >>CD Rom exhibitions the way I had presented real exhibitions in a gallery. >>I saw a few really Horrible on-line gallery sites and decided to >>concentrate on work that used New Media as an Art Medium rather than an >>archival or electronic catalog. >>Learning the progammes and buying the hardware that were necessary to >>realize MY plans and to realize the artists' projects for CD Rom, was a >>huge investment of time and money. >>Also the website had to be totally made from scratch as the material from >>the CD Rom was far too high in file size to present on the web. >>So the website: Dooley Le Cappellaine Gallery; became an exhibtion site for >>the artists on "Technophobia". >>It was the first exhibition on the site and has been remade/upgraded >>countless times as my skills and the possibilities of the web expanded. > >So when did that go online exactly? > >> >>In late 1995 I met Wolfgang Staehle of "The Thing". I knew he'd exhibited a >>version of "the thing' as an art work at TZ Gallery in New York (through >>Tom Zollner) and I was intrigued. >>I think it can accurately be said that Wolfgang was the the first person in >>the "artworld" in New York at that time to be seriously exploring what for >>the moment is being called "New Media". > >I know all that. > >>However at that time it was shockingly primative; just people exchanging >>typed- out text messages: not much more that a crystal radio set. >> >>When I was inviting artists to participate in "Technophobia" I talked to >>Wolfgang again; "The thing" had really morphed from an artwork into a >>business. >>"the Thing" became the ISP for my gallery at http://www.thing.net/dooley. > >As I said, i need the date. > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ My Response: I sent Tillman an approximate date : early 1996. Also I telephoned my server: Thing.net to get the exact date my site went on line and received no reply. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ My Response: I recall the approximate time I put my first announced site up to be early 1996. and e-mail Tilman, with the information it can be corabborated by records at Thing .net. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ No response from Tilman, but his posting at nettime eliminating me from his survey, appears on this list. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I go through my American Express accounts and find I was paying for my site/space from March 1996. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Dooley Le Cappellaine http:www.thing.net/dooley http://www.thing.net/dooley Phone and Fax (212) 966-3046 # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net