Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences | Studio 4
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This research regards networks as culture and visualizes the mutual relationship between networks and culture in an attempt to find relationships through different perspectives in the world and the attainment of perspectives toward new free culture. A system is a concrete example of a culture, socially recognized and owning a stylized set of rules. The Internet forms networks through various transmission protocols, and is a system of owned and created under a shared understanding through social groups, and can therefore also be considered a culture. Currently, the Internet functions as a cross-disciplinary cultural platform that spans across physical boundaries, various cultures and media, and the boundary between online and offline. It is spreading as a medium for the work of activists and artists. This research regards networks as culture and visualizes the mutual relationship between networks and culture in an attempt to find relationships through different perspecti