This paper will identify and trace the pre-web origins of net.art to evaluate what contribution they can make to net.art’s future development beyond the browser.

Network Research is a weblog gathering and archiving information concerning the use of networks in new media / contemporary art.

Throughout 2003 and 2004 I worked as a contributing writer for netartreview. During this period I wrote 189 reviews and 3 longer articles on various network related art works.