(h)activism >> These pieces address a vast number of international social issues and appeal to a changing humanity through witty subversions and eye-opening perceptual shifts. (h)activist artists demonstrate a shift in activism from localized to cross-cultural efforts. The net has become an important tool for critiquing social issues in a shared forum with an engaging interactive format. As these [h]activist net.artists gain exposure their proposed theories create a more insightful public awareness. These artists are using the medium of net.art to bypass conventions of social and artistic hierarchy through their anti-institutional methods.

Need Tuomo Tammenpaa Need is an artificial brand that offers consumers a nonexistent product through existing product strategies.       RTMark curatorial mission "It is RTMark's curatorial mission to redefine real output away from the domain of artists, i.e. those grudgingly licensed to engage in non-consuming behavior." -Rhizome Artbase       Uncomfortable Proximity Graham Harwood Juxtaposing images and confrontational language, Harwood "mongrelizes" a national treasure.       Net.Institute Luther Blissett "An Institute network that uses net structure to deconstruct the traditional power frames".       Cyber*Babes Lisa Hut ton Cyber*Babes appropriates other websites to complete a dialogue on the Telecommunications Act of 1996.