CYBER REALITY OF ART: THE INTERNET AS THE THIRD SPACE

Abstract

The article is devoted to the problems of art in the third space, that understood as a special reality created by IT. Both the new organization of the artistic communication of the author – the work – the public, and the new expressive and technical possibilities of the art itself are considered. The purpose of the overview is to establish a correlation between the understanding of cyber reality and the new conditions of existence of the artistic artifact, to identify the features of virtual communication about art. The postcolonial third space theory of H. K. Bhabha is considered, which is the basis for the study of “zones of communication” and the virtual  construction of the dialogue between individuals/cultures. Special attention is paid to the analysis of the practices of third space American theorist and art practice Randall Packer. An important aspect is the use of multimedia art itself in the practice of its site “The Third Space Network”, the reality of which depends significantly on information network technologies. Cyber reality ensures the relevance of modern art in the network, the main features of which are erasing the lines between expressive means of different types of art, active communication of artists – the public, the absence of a fourth wall, etc.