Rachel Greene's article, Web Work: A History of Internet Art (2000) details a niche art community that appeared during the birth and new popularity of the internet in the early 1990's. Green explains the meaning of the term, 'Net.Art' which was not a specifying a specific physical piece of art , but rather a term used to to organize and define art created on the internet. This collection of artists, described as new-media artists who utilized the internet and the phrase, Net.Art experimented with artistic ideals and questions that existed in the physical world as well. Questions such what is materiality and immaterial art were given new meaning as these artists used the non-physical internet as a platform for their art pieces. Something I found to be the most interesting part about this deep dive into digital art culture was how this movement was actually ruined. These artists and communities were able to create a space to appreciate and question art because the internet was so new and 'clean'. As the decade started to wind down and the 21st century was on the horizon, many main stream companies and groups started to utilize the internet when realizing the internet could be used as a source to accumulate income. Artists, art groups, and websites that centered around this new genre of art were effectively buried by the immense amount of 'white noise' or just the pure amount of information and room that was being taken up when the internet started to rise popularity.
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