A. Whereby individual creative activities, rather than affiliation to any hyped art movement becomes most valued.
1. Largely resulting from the horizontal rather than vertical distribution of information on the internet.
2. Thus disallowing one dominant voice to rise above multiple, simultaneous and diverse expressions.
B. The Rise of an Artisan
1. The formation of organizations avoiding the promotion of proper names
2. The bypassing of art institutions and the direct targeting of corporate products, mainstream media, creative sensibilities and hegemonic ideologies
a. Unannounced
b. Uninvited
c. Unexpected
3. No longer needing the terms "art" or "politics" to legitimize, justify or excuse one's activities
C. The Internet after net.art
1. A mall, a porn shop and a museum
2. A useful resource, tool, site and gathering point for an artisan
a. Who mutates and transforms as quickly and cleverly as that which seeks to consume her
b. Who does not fear or accept labeling or unlabeling
c. Who works freely in completely new forms together with older more traditional forms
d. Who understands the continued urgency of free two-way and many-to-many communication over representation

Natalie Bookchin, Alexei Shulgin
March-April 1999