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Agree To Disagree Online Janet Cohen, Keith Frank, and Jon Ippolito |
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To Disagree Online_ is an interactive map of an argument that begins when
one of the three makes the statement, "In the future, books will be
replaced by maps." As each of the artists replies in turn, each statement
is plotted according to how much agreement it garners from the other two
participants: inflammatory statements remain on the periphery, while the
center represents consensus. Visitors to the project can control the pace
and level of detail of the argument as well as choose to follow digressions
made to different topics, from Watergate to buffalos to the Evelyn Wood
speedreading course. _Agree To Disagree Online_ gives visual form to the
flame wars and communications breakdowns that characterize Internet culture. The artists working at www.three.org have been exploring the conflict inherent in the collaborative process since Janet Cohen, Keith Frank, and Jon Ippolito began working together in 1992. While early adversarial collaborations by these three artists took the form of an installation, book, or drawing, in 1995 they began to take advantage of the Internet's capacity for encouraging flame wars and other clashes of perspective. The artists' work has been seen at ZKM/Center for New Media Karlsruhe, the Walker Art Center, and Sandra Gering Gallery. When they're not arguing or throwing stuff at each other, Janet Cohen makes drawings, Keith Frank designs Web sites for Oxygen Media, and Jon Ippolito curates media projects at the Guggenheim. |
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