In general, the description of the relations present in this Italian dynamic network of artistic, technological and political experimentation wants to demonstrate how it is possible to start critical and creative paths of success which invest in alternative channels in comparison with those dominated by the economy of market, by the policy of the control and by the commercial information, often presented in the western societies like the only possible solutions. However I am convinced that it isn’t a creative island disconnected from the reality: internet whom today everybody work with is the result of connections, struggles and relations where the hackers play a key role and many subjects are an active part of the book and forerunners of different artistic and cultural processes which have contributed to form the current Italian technological and media imaginary.
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I am convinced that different political and cultural dynamics from the end of the 70s to the beginning of the new century allowed to create a particular technological and creative model which difficultly lives in a so expense and reticular shape as in other countries, with the interconnection of collectives, artists, activists and different individualities who recognize common aims and act following a similar attitude towards the technology and the sharing of informative and communicative resources. It’s enough to think for example at that main theme of experimentation which connect projects of networking such as Radio Alice up to Telestreet, New Global Vision and independent server such as Autistici/Inventati and Isole Nella Rete which offer a different vision in comparison with the commercial realities of which internet is full of and which are points of meeting and exchange for many people.
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