The theory of networks and networking is providing us with radical new insights into the underlying processes of nature, economy, and society. The »Web of Life« is conceived as a multi-disciplinary project that conjoins art and science to give form and expression to this fundamentally important new realm of understanding. Its three components are a book titled »The New Web of Life: the Art of Networked Living«, a large scale distributed interactive artwork, and a web site.

Formulated by the writer Michael Gleich and artist Jeffrey Shaw, the project is sponsored by the Aventis Foundation and is being created and produced at the ZKM Center for Art and Media in Karlsruhe by a prominent team of artists, designers, architects, scientists, and technicians.

The project commences at the ZKM on March 22, 2002 and continues through till December 2003. The distributed nature of the artwork will allow it to be manifest at numerous interconnected locations worldwide during this period, while the book and Web site extend the scope of this project to an even larger public.

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