netzspannung.org | Journal

Welcome to the first edition of netzspannung.org/journal, the magazine for media production and inter-media research. netzspannung.org/journal is an editorial module of the netzspannung.org internet platform, which goes online in September 2001.

Telematically collaborative workspaces offer new opportunities but also create new areas of conflict in using electronic space. In this edition, we reflect on conditions for collaborative workspaces and touch on related areas relevant to the set-up of netzspannung.org. The contributions are grouped into the following clusters: medialaboratories, distributed systems, online archives, copyright and intellectual property, experimental media spaces, media laboratories and cultural exchange in the network.

		CAT history reports on the CAT (Communication, Art and Technology) project, its initiation and the ongoing communication process with the national and international electronic arts communities. CAT is a project of the MARS-Exploratory Media Lab at the GMD Institute for Media Communication and is supported by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research. http://netzspannung.org/journal/issue0/cat-history/
		The media laboratory on the Internet gives an insight into the flexible architecture of the netzspannung.org Internet platform and its expandability via different user modules. http://netzspannung.org/journal/issue0/netzspannung/
		Codelab in Berlin is an up-to-date example of the development of a collaborative working environment where the focus is on the use of code as artistic material. http://netzspannung.org/journal/issue0/code/
		The development of new technologies must be focused on the needs of users and their application potential must be tested in experimental media spaces. http://netzspannung.org/journal/issue0/mediaspaces/
		The feeling of acting synchronously in a data space can be experienced directly through awareness models. http://netzspannung.org/journal/issue0/awareness/
		What digital archive models are being discussed in the cultural context? Why is the work of Vilém Flusser a suitable model of inter-media archiving? http://netzspannung.org/journal/issue0/mediachange/
		The role of copyright and intellectual property in distributed systems needs to be regulated. Both lawyers and models of producers of digital culture are required. http://netzspannung.org/journal/issue0/copyright/
		How does an online exhibition become an artistic event on a computer screen? How can online exhibitions be conceived as discursive platforms when exchange and mediation are diminishing? Statements from online curators give an insight into the current debate. http://netzspannung.org/journal/issue0/artcontext/
		News provides information on national and international calls, conferences and workshops. http://netzspannung.org/journal/calendar/
		On 21-22 September the MARS-Exploratory Media Lab of the GMD Institute for Media Communication is organising the cast01 // living in mixed realities conference. http://netzspannung.org/journal/issue0/cast01/
		digital sparks provides information about a forum for student higher education projects in the field of new media. http://netzspannung.org/journal/issue0/digital-sparks/
netzspannung.org/journal editors // Gabriele Blome / Andrea Helbach