Hypertext
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Hypertext is an attempt to address the presence of artwork on the internet. It consists of the HTML source code of three websites — Google Art Project, Flickr, and Nicolas Bourriaud's Facebook profile. The paintings act as a triptych working from broad to specific, as the implementation of artworks diminishes. Google Art Project is the most literal translation of artworks on the web, and is a poor attempt to democratize the art world in a similar manner to the much more accessible web. Flickr is an attempt to propel vernacular photography into the realm of fine art through the language of the web. Finally, Bourriaud's profile on Facebook illustrates the relations of the man who coined the term Relational Aesthetics (into which a substantial amount of internet art may be classified).














