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08/20/2004: "Webism and Webists" by Pygoya


The beginnings of a new art movement embedded on the Internet can be found at www.lastplace.com/page48.htm . It was written along with the rest of my "Truly Virtual Web Art Museum" back in 1997 as content for my inaugural Web site, www.lastplace.com. The Internet offered the opportunity to break out of local physical and cultural isolation for artists, and with such zeal I wrote with idealism for the then unwelcome, 'homeless," digital art to cultivate the new virtual space. From this declaration of a new "Webism" and cyberart, a condensed "manifesto" was written and is available at www.lastplace.com/webism.htm .



Any artist, no matter what medium he or she works in, is invited if the goals and missions of the manifesto are agreed upon. Along with embracing our mission to contribute to online cyber culture, the artist must have a web site with original art only found on the Internet. There are no fees.



The Webists became an active group after 2001 with the spiritual leadership of Ingrid Kamerbeek and Dr. Hans Turstig. Today we number 60 members spanning many nations around the globe. We are proud to have executed many online projects and keep documentation of such online cultural efforts and contributions at
http://www.artingrid.de/webismprojects.htm.





But besides our ongoing online activity, the group has organized several physical exhibitions, including group shows in the Hawaiian museum -East Hawaii Cultural Center, the Frankfurt International Airport, the Vienna Museum Complex in Austria, the diplomatic district of Budapest, and in a French castle! So like all other artists, we maximize the opportunity to show and promote anywhere, online and offline, at home or abroad. So like "The Three Musketeers," we live by the motto, "All for one and one for all." In essence, each of us has 60 art agents scattered around the globe. The lack of show opportunity from geographical isolation has ended for the membership.


For any artist interested to learn more about our group, please visit group coordinator Ingrid Kamerbeek's www.artingrid.de. Now is a good time to join as we are in development in constructing one of the largest 3D art sites for the Internet using specialized software still in development. The visitor will seem to be walking through gallery after gallery of 3-dimensional space but not be in cumbersome VRML. Our MuseumOfWebism.com will have unlimited memory available on a dedicated server so growth of the "collections" can be unlimited. All exhibitions posted will be online in perpetuity. As Webists, we make art online to last.

Replies: 17 Comments

on Monday, August 30th, hedwig said

Pygoya, nieuw maar een fantastische ideé, via web zoveel persoonlijke creatie's te verzenden.Via deze weg meer aandacht voor EMAIL, Enamelling, veel werk en blijft origineel.

on Wednesday, August 25th, powerpainter said

When I met with the ideas of Pygoya for the first time a just a few days ago I was amazed by the clarity in the writing of the Webist Manifesto ...

Being a webartist since 1998
I never felt connected to any kind of movement at all untill I read the Manifesto..

I am a strong believer in the possibillities for Artists on the Web and the Webs full potentials to be a great promotional tool , the fact that we can meet eachother around the Globe without having to travel physically , that my geographical position and distance is no longer something to bother about communicating Art...

The fact that with a few pushes on a few buttons I am able to communicate the Great Works through out the entire World gives me a sense of power and the ability to direct my own life in a magical way..

This describes very good why the the Webist Manifesto is appealing to me as an Artist and why I feel connected to this concept...

When the MuseumofWebism.com goes online I would surely want to participate, so please keep me informed...And if I can be of any help in getting the Museum of the ground , let me know...
( I am a social satelite and as moderator of ART-PAINTER.TK I can help promoting this Museum...for instance...)

Today the World , tomorrow the Universe !

The ear with his man on the track...

Don't let reality get in the way of imagination

greetings from Cajarc/ France

Fnurkus Artvark
aka Powerpainter

for the ART-PAINTER.TK Team

Thank you Pygoya...

Marcus van Soest

on Wednesday, August 25th, Uly Paya said

be open to the world
open the world
be open for yourself
open yourself

and always take a smile with you....:-)

Uly Paya
www.artland.at

on Monday, August 23rd, Chen Shihu said

Dear Pygoya,How are you!Your web site are very great!I was very glad for your work and we are chinese all!If you and your friends have times,I wish that you come to china and my here.I hope that many chinese artists go to the other country from you!I am sorry for my english is not good and I can not write many!
Chen from yantai shandong China

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on Monday, August 23rd, Kytom L. said

Webism is not only a virtual community, it is at the same time an idea – the idea of collaborative art work without borders in space and time. It is this quality that makes webism an art movement. Perhaps the first really innovative art movement of the 21. Century. Definitely the first movement which is fully aware of the new digital media's potential and which gains its power from the strength of the global connectivity of cyberspace.
(Kytom L. from Germany)

on Sunday, August 22nd, Dan McCormack said

Bravo to WEBISM!

It provides creative artists the opportunities to participate in world wide venues!

on Sunday, August 22nd, Maitre Andre said

Congratulations to Pygoya and Ingrid to have created the movement "Webism and Webist".
And naturally as Mariano said , I am also very happy and honored to be part of this group.
I wish us full success

on Saturday, August 21st, johnday@email.ro">johnday said

hooray.

on Saturday, August 21st, Mariano Petit de Murat said

It is an honor to be a Webist, to be a part of this group that promotes art in a very intense way. with different members arround the world, this extraordinary group represents unity and love for creation, It breaks frontiers and brings different art expressions toghether under the same umbrella...WEBISM.

on Saturday, August 21st, John JJ Jasinski said

Web Artists Unite.
Web Artists Retreat.
Web Artists Alive.
Web Artists Hibernate.
World Web Artists
Find A Place Here.
Find The Safe Haven,
In The Cool Rainforest,
Of Volcano Kilauea,
On The Island Of Hawaii.

on Friday, August 20th, Cecil Herring said

I have been reading about what you are doing. I see how Pygoya's ideas have grown since I first met him on-line in 1997. His joining with you, Ingrid, to develop WEBISM is magic and truly spiritual! Your beliefs meshed amazingly. You and he are true leaders of Webism! I am trying to digest all the information and am beginning to understand the possibilities of this powerful art movement.
Good for you Pygoya and Ingrid!
Cheers, Cecil Herring

on Friday, August 20th, Larry Lovett said

In the world of art,the real revolutionaries
are almost always ignored
by their contemporaries!
This time, let us not miss out on our own future; because this is the art of the future.
Art that can be "played"
just like music...art that is part of our every
day routines.
Web sites are ubibuitous,
and mostly unatractive...
Where is art needed more
than it is right here on
your screen?
Hooray! for these hardy pioneers of electronic
fine art, we need all the
aesthetic help that we can get!
Pygoya and his friends are onto something that
is not obvious to most
artists, but should be.
Time will prove that they
are right on target, creatively!
Bravo,
Larry Lovett

on Friday, August 20th, Larry Lovett said

In the world of art,the real revolutionaries
are almost always ignored
by their contemporaries!
This time, let us not miss out on our own future; because this is the art of the future.
Art that can be "played"
just like music...art that is part of our every
day routines.
Web sites are ubibuitous,
and mostly unatractive...
Where is art needed more
than it is right here on
your screen?
Hooray! for these hardy pioneers of electronic
fine art, we need all the
aesthetic help that we can get!
Pygoya and his friends are onto something that
is not obvious to most
artists, but should be.
Time will prove that they
are right on target, creatively!
Bravo,
Larry Lovett

on Friday, August 20th, Larry Lovett said

In the world of art,the real revolutionaries
are almost always ignored
by their contemporaries!
This time, let us not miss out on our own future; because this is the art of the future.
Art that can be "played"
just like music...art that is part of our every
day routines.
Web sites are ubibuitous,
and mostly unatractive...
Where is art needed more
than it is right here on
your screen?
Hooray! for these hardy pioneers of electronic
fine art, we need all the
aesthetic help that we can get!
Pygoya and his friends are onto something that
is not obvious to most
artists, but should be.
Time will prove that they
are right on target, creatively!
Bravo,
Larry Lovett

on Friday, August 20th, Ingrid Kamerbeek said

THANK YOU, PYGOYA!!!!!
You brought Webism to the world. It's your spirit.

It really makes a difference to be a WEBIST!
It changes your life.
It gives you a family of artists where you never feel alone.
It gives you places to visit and to stay with friends all around the globe.
It brightens up your spirit.
It makes your day.
It makes you fly.
It gives you the power and spirit to create.
It’s diverse. Not just one art direction or one medium.
It integrates all parts of life.
It’s a philosophy.
It’s a lifestyle.
It gets not only the artworld involved.
It goes far beyond.
It also includes mayors, communities, newspaper writers, teachers etc. etc.
It integrates the „Youngest Webists“.
It has no boundaries.
It is love.
It is peace.
It is freedom.
It is power.
It is so much more...

on Friday, August 20th, Hans-Georg Turstig said

Today I was delighted to find your artblog, Pygoya. So much is going on - definitely a creative art revolution of unimaginable potential. Webism does not only influence and transform art, but the artists as well. And this liberation from our isolation both as artists and human beings brings us true freedom and will lead to a more harmonious and peaceful togetherness. Teamwork instead of competition, peace instead of war, love instead of hatred. Webism thus already transcended its own limitations as one of the most important and influential movements in art by contributing substantially to the manifestation of the human potential for becoming that which we all long for and which we all truly are.