Verteilte Systemarchitektur von netzspannung.org {enlarge}

netzspannung.org netzspannung.org is an Internet platform for media staging, artistic production and inter-media research. The platform has been conceived as a »Distributed Community Context Architecture« aimed on one hand at information and communication and on the other hand at production and cooperation.

From September 2001, netzspannung.org will be available as an online Internet media laboratory.

netzspannung.org is intended for producers of digital culture who wish to utilise and shape the platform for their projects. It provides a toolbox of »tools for thought« for information exchange and production of online projects. In addition to expanding the functionality of the system, members can integrate their own computers to build up a distributed network of experimental media spaces.

netzspannung.org The »Distributed Community Engine« developed by netzspannung.org overcomes rigid network structures with predefined protocols and data formats. The development of netzspannung.org as an open toolbox is based on the Open Platform Initiative (OPI) model. Users can use and modify the plattform both on the programming and on the application level. They can use individual tools for implementing their own projects, but can also develop their own, new tools based on the platform. The following set of interfaces is implemented for data input, output and production:

netzkollektor
is a public media channel for presentation and communication of projects, events, calls and competitions.
netzspannung.org/netzkollektor/

workspace
provides tools for implementation of artistic online projects, such as modules for networked interaction, streaming and mobile communication.
netzspannung.org/workspace/

timeline
is a multilayered, hypermedia structure. It shows the development and mutual interaction of different works and discourses from art, science and technology in the form of contextualised information and a network of relationships.
netzspannung.org/cast01/timeline/

i2tv (interactive Internet television)
combines 3D Internet environments with digital television and mobile communication interfaces.

cast01 // living in mixed realities
is a conference on artistic, cultural and scientific aspects of advanced communication technologies and experimental media spaces.
netzspannung.org/cast01/

digital sparks
provides a structured and comprehensive insight into research and teaching at German universities on the subject of media arts, media design and media informatics
netzspannung.org/digital-sparks/

netzspannung.org/journal/
reflects current developments in audio-visual, tactile digital culture. Encompasses both print and online format.
netzspannung.org/journal/

mobile unit
supports artistic production and experimentation in the public space. The mobile media laboratory extends the virtual Internet platform into real space.

In order to develop a working community, it is important that the platform represent a media space which the members can shape themselves. netzspannung.org enables an architecture of customisable data spaces and functions as a public information interface with free media channels and advanced formats of production and distribution.

netzspannung.org/team
Monika Fleischmann, Wolfgang Strauss, Jasminko Novak, Gabriele Blome, Predrag Peranovic, Christoph Seibert, Claudia Valle, Boris Müller, Stefan Paal, Felix Schmitz-Justen, Andrea Helbach, Heiko Hansen, Ulrike Boecking.