Re: <documenta X><blast> fields

Susan Hapgood (shapgoo@ibm.net)
Fri, 13 Jun 1997 14:44:30 -0400

I've just skimmed through the various dialogues, and cannot say I
understand terms like "darknet" or "push" -- are these words prevalent
or are they rarefied?

So, back to the discussion of "space." I'm still having a great deal of
difficulty applying space, as in corporeal space, as well as
perspective, as it is known in an art historical and optical context, to
the internet and to networks. It seems to me like a very uncomfortable
fit that necessitates all sorts of verbal contortion. But I am very
interested in the fact that this difficulty exists -- i.e. what other
descriptive model fits what we are experiencing? Yes I agree that
whatever it is, it will permeate and change us, but why is there such a
wish to name, label, pigeonhole according to inadequate terms? What's
wrong with the names already supplied? Technology, internet, world wide
web, computers, etc? Forgive me for playing devil's advocate but it's
way too tempting.