Nam June Paik and futurists
In the Paik chapter "Cybernated Art" and "Art by Satellite," we read, "Through the connectivity of a 'cybernated society,'.... data flows through the wired network and across our screens. As the artwork incorporates the unending flow and restless nature of information itself, transcending geographic boundaries, it brings about a 'synthesis' of all cultures across borders." The Internet and the emerging technologies of the net are providing incredible opportunities to transcend geopolitical and cultural boundaries and create collaborative works like no time in our past. Music, art, literature AND social dialog can be created, edited, shared, and distributed to even some of the most remote places on our planet now, not just through television and computers, but something as tiny as our cell phones! No longer is history the story of the powerful and literate, we can all share our perspectives of culture through a number of media. Paik's