ABSTRACT
This chapter shows that the resilience of net art is built and distributed through a complex and interrelated system of networks that present an assemblage of artistic, technological, political, and social relations which merge to form a variable entity. The term 'network' is used in different ways to characterize current social formations. For a 'network of care' to succeed outside of an institutional framework, or to become effective as a tool for transformation, it ideally has to consist of several characteristics. 'Network of care' to succeed outside of an institutional framework, or to become effective as a tool for transformation, it ideally has to consist of several characteristics. Although artists have employed these strategies for many decades, the speed and accessibility of the network means that visuals, videos and sounds can be readily transferred and copied within seconds. The outcomes are all archived in Lialina's online Last Real Net Art.
