Of 'Webism' & 'Webists'
'TwoSum' by Warren Furman

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Dr. Rodney Chang (Pygoya) and Ingrid Kamerbeek work in close cooperation to make their common dream of global consciousness and peace come true, and founded the Webism group in November 2003 to work with active worldwide artists of all directions ­mainly cyberartists­ on- and offline. Here's the manifesto and a few images from some of its various activities so far:

WEBISM - a global art movement
The manifesto composed by Pygoya, October 2003

1. Creates art using any medium to share primarily online and thereby contribute to and expand Cyberculture

2. Contribute digital art, as a product of the same technology that makes the Internet a reality, as the main source for global cyberculture

3. Network artists together with the mission of building Web visual arts culture

4. Promote a sense of the peace through friendship without barriers and expand global consciousness

5. Identify this new specialized form and application of digital art/graphics (monitor size presentation, what- you-see on screen is the 'original' work of art, web page/site environment for the imagery, inclusion even of mixed media elements through high tech tools)

6. Demonstrate the existence of identifiable personal styles among the developed digital artists.

7. Recognize those artists that deserve the world's recognition for excellence within their chosen medium, even if not yet so by the traditional art establishment/market and their critics.

8. Declare the ephemeral digital online image as the original work of art and any print or painting derived from the digital as a copy or 'reproduction;' assists others to realize photographed or scanned painting and sculptures are merely digital 'reproductions,' even at prestigious museum web sites

9. Organize exhibitions online to showcase talent of the artists and the expressive and cognitive statements the works themselves generate

10. Document the activities of the Webists as they unite to form a new worldwide -ism in Art; record their existence and passing for traditional hsitorians to discover thereafter

11. Organize off line exhibits to expand the awareness of more people (both lay public and art institutions) of different regions and cultures of the world of the existence of the Webist movement

12. Assist off line digital artists in the acceptance of their art tools as a legitimate fine arts medium

13. Distinguish for the public the differences in meaning of "graphic artist," "digital artist, "cyberartist," and "Webist."

14. Create opportunities where Webists can physically meet each other, outside of cyberspace and the limitation of email

15. Create and promote an identity of a new group of artists with such common goals as a historic art movement, here conceived and materialized through the new communication modality of the World Wide Web

16. Educate through awareness, the next generation in the schools, of the new generation of digital art available a click away on their computers; try to teach the ethic of not stealing online copyrighted works of art

17. Promote the marketability of signed limited edition prints as worthy commodities to help support Web artists efforts online

18. To join or for information- Ingrid Kamerbeek

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Webism ­ Members as per January 18, 2004

Dr. Rodney Chang (Pygoya) Honolulu/USA pygoya@pixi.com	Ingrid Kamerbeek Sonthofen/Germany IuTKamerbeek@t-online.de	Tânia d'Almeida Nantua/France dreamz@wanadoo.fr
David Camp Madison/ Wisconsin/USA	Meli (Melania Cioni) Firenze/Italy gallimel@tin.it	Wayne Cosshall Sydney/Australia wayne@dimagemaker.com
Christian Couette Paris/France couette.christian@wanadoo.fr	Björn Dämpfling Berlin/Germany bjoern@creativecreatures.com	Bernard Dumaine Angoulême/France b.dumaine@wanadoo.fr
Vlado Franjevic Triesen/Vaduz/Liechtenstein vlado@konture.com	Prof. Dr. Herbert W. Franke Munich/Germany franke@zi.biologie.uni-muenchen.de	Erich Fritz Cologne/Germany erich.fritz@netcologne.de
Dieter Grossmann Ulm/Germany hdgrossi@proprio-motu.com	Regina Hobein Bad Wildungen/Germany Re.gina@gmx.de	Horkay Istvan ParadiseValley/Arizona/USA Budapest/Hungary ihorkay@yahoo.com
Darin Ingalls MNMODA MUSEUM Minneapolis/USA mindstream@mn.rr.com	Henry Janok Calgary/Canada janok-hda@nucleus.com	Jamie Antoniasym Chicago/USA imadala@sbcglobal.net
Vijaybhai Kochar Hyderabad/India vijaykochar@hotmail.com	Tibor Kovacs-egri Budapest/Hungary kovacsegri@axelero.hu	Maria Kovacs-egri Budapest/Hungary kovacsegri@axelero.hu
Sooyoung Lee Seoul/Korea gjnamoo@hitel.net	Gun Legler Gothenburg/Sweden gunsan@one.se	Galina Lukshina Kiev/Ukraine lukshin@svitonline.com
Greg Lunger Long Beach/California/USA allright.com@charter.net	Parys St. Martin Adelaide/Australia parysstm@bigpond.net.au	Dan McCormack Accord, New York/USA dan_mccormack@yahoo.com
Uly Paya Vienna/Austria uly_paya001@yahoo.de	Ben Rotman Tel Aviv/Israel ben@rotman-art.com	Nancy Wood San Antonio/USA nancy@pixelpaint.com
Norbert Strippel Loehlbach/Germany Info@art-by-strippel.de	Dr. Hans-Georg Turstig Albuquerque/USA mail@turstig.net	Kurt van Wagner Santa Barbara/California/USA kurt50@earthlink.net
Jon White New York/USA urban@netacc.net	Zazie Vienna/Austria zazie@zazie.at	Shankar Barua New Delhi/India shankarbaba@vsnl.net ~ (opted out shortly after this to avoid misperceptions regarding The IDEA)

Reception of the Webists at Mayor Buhl's office in Sonthofen (Nov 5 '03)
from left to right: Ingrid Kamerbeek/Germany, Bernard Dumaine/France,
Mayor Hubert Buhl/Germany, Dr. Rodney Chang (Pygoya)/USA

Reception of the Webists at Mayor Buhl's office in Sonthofen (Nov 5 '03)
from left to right: Ingrid Kamerbeek/Germany, Bernard Dumaine/France,
Mayor Hubert Buhl/Germany, Dr. Rodney Chang (Pygoya)/USA

Webists during their Budapest exhibition:
From left to right: Uly Paya/Austria, Maria Kovacs-Egri/Hungary, Ingrid Kamerbeek/Germany, Bernard Dumaine/France, Friend of Uly

Hungarian TV station interviewing Ingrid Kamerbeek during Budapest Webists exhibition on Nov 14 '03

Tibor Kovacs-Egri, Budapest/Hungary-based Webist artist who organized the Budapest art show in Nov 2003, and also the 'Alagut' presentation in the Budapest Today Festival on June 19, 2004

Budapest opening on Nov 12 '03

Webism founder Dr. Rodney Chang (Pygoya) in Budapest/Hungary wondering about the small coffee cups

At Budapest/Hungary home of Webist Tibor Kovacs-Egri
from left to right: Bernard Dumaine/France, Ingrid Kamerbeek/Germany, Tibor Kovacs-Egri, Dr. Rodney Chang (Pygoya)

At Budapest/Hungary home of Webist Tibor Kovacs-Egri
from left to right: Friend of Tibor, Dr. Rodney Chang (Pygoya), Maria and Tibor Kovacs-Egri, Bernard Dumaine/France

Webists Tibor Kovacs-Egri (left) and Dr. Rodney Chang (Pygoya) in the Budapest/Hungary art academy during Nov Webism exhibition in Nov 2003

Budapest/Hungary opening

Ingrid Kamerbeek meets Dr. Rodney Chang (Pygoya) at Frankfurt airport. Webism exhibition opening took place on Nov 3, 2003

A nice German beer at the reception at "Heimathaus" in Sonthofen Germany (local historical museum). From left to right: Eugen Wutz, 3rd mayor of Sonthofen, Hubert Buhl, 1st mayor of Sonthofen, Ingrid Kamerbeek/Germany, Dr. Rodney Chang (Pygoya)/USA, Bernard Dumaine/France

Dr. Rodney Chang (Pygoya)/USA at Ingrid Kamerbeek's working place in Sonthofen Germany during his visit in the frame of a reception at Sonthofen town hall. Webists worldwide work together for the arts and peace on- and offline.

Webism poster from the Frankfurt/Germany exhibition in November 2003

Shankar Barua's/India works at Frankfurt Airport Conference Center where the Frankfurt/Germany Webism exhibition took place

Parys St. Martin's/Australia works at Frankfurt Airport Conference Center where the Frankfurt/Germany Webism exhibition took placeIngrid

Reception at Angoulême/France office of mayor Philippe Mottet during exhibition of Webists in August 2003. Ingrid Kamerbeek/Germany handing over a present picture book from Sonthofen's/Germany mayor Hubert Buhl to mayor Philippe Mottet

During opening of Frankfurt/Germany Webism exhibition in November 2003. From left to right:
Bernard Dumaine/France, Norbert Strippel/Germany, Director of Frankfurt Airport Conference Center Art Department, Ingrid Kamerbeek, Dr. Rodney Chang (Pygoya)

During Vienna Webism exhibition in November 2003.
From left to right: Christian Couette/France, Dr. Rodney Chang (Pygoya)/USA, Ingrid Kamerbeek/Germany

Vienna exhibition opening of the Webism exhibition in November 2003.
From left to right: Bernard Dumaine/France, Christian Couette/France, Zazie/Austria, Dr. Rodney Chang (Pygoya), Uly Paya/Austria

Frankfurt invitation