HTML: Is it Art?

joeljones writes "The New York Times (registration, yeah, yeah, yeah) has an interesting story about two artists who use HTML, Javascript, and other web technologies as their medium. Could be an interesting set of test cases for anyone writing a browser." While we're on the subject of artsy sites, I submit Zombo.com for your perusal. I believe it to be the only web site that claims the infinite is possible.

oh my

[ergonal]

What did ZOMBO do to annoy CowbowNeal THAT much?

zombocom

[selderrr]

reminds me of the internet in its infancy, where we allready had the really big button that doesn't do anything [pixelscapes.com]

Infinite, indeed.

[Anonymous Coward]

"Click here to get the plugin."

No!

[borgdows]

HTML is not art!
If HTML is Art, then posting something 'Html Formatted' on Slasdhot is Art too!

Infinite is possible - proof!

[mccalli]

while(1) {
fprintf(stdout, "Of course it's possible...\n"); }

Well, at least until the electricity runs out anyway. Or someone redirects stdout to /tmp. Or, or...

Well, it's nice theory anyway.

Cheers,
Ian

Its reminds me spectrum

[Kedder]

I remember very similar pictures when my zx-spectrum hanged...:)

Maybe someday BSOD will be considered as an art?

Worst of the Web

[Michael's a Jerk!]

Future artists are advised to take a look at This Site [worstoftheweb.com] for direction... Enjoy.

What HTML?

[insin]

How about an example of "why HTML could be considered to be art" which actually uses some HTML?

zomba.com only uses it to embed a flash movie - "Click here to get the plugin". This one belongs in the "post-html" gallery.

Re:oh my

[Jade E. 2]

What did ZOMBO do to annoy CowbowNeal THAT much?

Go to the site, make sure your sound is on, hit F11 (Assuming you're using Phoenix or IE), sit back, and relax. In about 10 minutes one of three things will happen. Either you'll understand his annoyance, you'll go into a coma, or you'll be hooked for life.

Re:oh my

[ergonal]

FP AND +5! I really need to start drinking more often! Come on people, mod me down. It wasn't that funny, and it was really obvious. Let something interesting take the spot on the "Highest Scores First" sort order! Something like this [slashdot.org].

Re:art = comms | got links?

[hemanman]

Oh, so you mean XML is art then?

-H

ASCII as Art

[notestein]

I still prefer old school. ASCII as Art.

The Female Form [asciibabes.com]
Cinema [asciimation.co.nz]

Sound

[mike1086]

You need to get some sound dude...it came out in the eighties...man...you're way behind.

Yes

[Anonymous Coward]

You're missing the sound!

Sure?

[jotaeleemeese]

Can I borrow your aesthetics and ethics meter?

That objective absolute scale that you found, where did you find it?

The point I am really trying to make is better explained by the following neo-constructivist abstract post modernist expresion: bullshit.

Have a nice day.

Re:oh my

[Ozan]

What did ZOMBO do to annoy CowbowNeal THAT much?

Hmm...

"Welcome to Zombocom!"

"This is Zombocom!"

"You can do anything... at Zombocom!"

"Anything at all!"

"The only limit is yourself!"

"Anything is possible... at Zombocom!"

"The infinite is possible... at Zombocom!"

"The unattainable is unknown... at Zombocom!"

I think it was letting Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf speak the introduction.

"There are no infidel Americans... at Zombocom!"

Re:Erk?

[elementik]

Its Art.

Re:HTML: Is it Art?

[rosbif]

I think Magritte would have said...
this is not HTML

ZOMBO.COM

[musicscene]

I now think that ZOMBO.com sucked an IQ point or three from me sitting there waiting to see if he'd say anything different... sheesh.

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Posted by CowboyNeal on Friday April 25, @05:01
from the cool-online-art-besides-superbad dept.
While we're on the subject of artsy sites, I submit Zombo.com for your perusal. I believe it to be the only web site that claims the infinite is possible.

Re:Sound

[alistair]

Actually I think sound came out earlier than that, I was born in the late sixties and destinctly remember hearing ABBA records in the 70's, and I have even heard reports that sound was recorded in the 50's and 60's.