Beyond the Future: Papers from the Third Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art

tokenism . What we must also do is theorize the emerging art of immersion in terms of our contemporary societies and our traditional aesthetics and- metaphys ics, creating a new art that is Asian , not so much in its superficial appearance, but 'in the manner of its operation'. Joachim Blank, from the abstract of '/temp/netart' from the 'Art In An Age Of Multimedia Borderless Transactions: A Critique' session, publ ished in the book of abstracts, Annual Conference of the College Arts Association of America, LA , Jan 1 999 . 2 Mach iko Kusahara, 'Creating Cultural Correctness in Cyberspace' from the 'Art I n An Age Of Multimedia Borderless Transactions: A Critique' session , published in the book of abstracts, Annual Conference of the College Arts Association of America, LA , Jan 1 999. 1 56 1