Ars Electronica Festival · 1998
name.space
by Paul Garrin, Andreas Troeger
🏆 Honorary Mention · Prix Ars Electronica 1998
Paul Garrin and Andreas Troeger's “name.space” was honoured with a Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica 1998, category Net Based Art.
The Internet is a spin-off of the cold war military/industrial/educational Computer networks built in the US in the 70's.The idea of giving the complex network numbers (IP addresses) names to make them easy to remember was introduced early on as the size and number of networks increased.
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.