THE GREAT INTERNET SLEEPOVER
The Great Internet Sleepover is aimed at highlighting and supporting a developing web art movement and aesthetic. It is a chance for artists and groups creating things on the internet to meet in person, while still “keeping it on the net”. Pro net surfers and net surfing clubs will camp out at Eyebeam in New York, to talk shop, play games, pitch tents, and make a hypertext mess big enough for mom to clean up in the morning. Party favours include homepages, net battles, GIF animation, dirt-style HTML and other web ephemera. The public is welcome to attend from 8-10PM to watch the pros cruise the net, share web finds of their own on public terminals, and collaborate on web-based art projects and scavenger hunts. Once the doors are locked for the night, all the action can be followed online (to be announced), where the artists will be collaborating and posting into the wee hours of the morning. Friday 24 August, Eyebeam New York & Online.