ABSTRACT
New-media art remains an evolving reference with no permanent definition. It refer to artworks that use computation as more than just a production tool and/or use the Internet as more than merely a means of delivery. The model in new-media art as a process, as the artist Jim Campbell has usefully abstracted refers to as a formula for computer art. The distinctive features of new-media art do challenge many of the conventional notions about art, but many respected and collected non-new-media artists have used these same strategies in their work. The primary issue regarding collecting anti-institutional net art ultimately isn't its content, but the general desire by many new-media artists for their work to continue to be freely and easily accessible and appropriately displayed. The Guggenheim is focused on the important issue of lasting stewardship and the particular requirements of new-media art, and it takes the position that works should not be segregated by medium.
