Van Gogh TV's »Piazza Virtuale« : The Invention of Social Media at documenta IX in 1992

Piazza virtuale by the group of artists known as Van Gogh TV was not only the biggest art project ever to appear on television, but from a contemporary point of view the project was also a forerunner of today's social media. The ground-breaking event that took place during the 100 days of docum...

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Main Author: Baumgärtel, Tilman (auth)
Format: eBook
Published: Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2021
Subjects:
Art
Online Access:Get fulltext
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