in memory of
Carl Eugene Loeffler,
who brought conceptual
art online and
encouraged us all
to have fun in the
days when the
Internet was text.

In the early days of cyberspace, important information was collected on Art Com Electronic Network on The WELL. This information was catalogued, and organized in a definitive database that contains words of wisdom about the following subjects:

Begun in 1986, Bad Information was one of the first works of net art. Calling attention to our tendency to accept computer-produced information as true, Bad Information invited WELL users to participate in the creation of a questionable database. Over 400 entries were received for this database which was conceived, collected and produced by Judy Malloy. Portions of Bad Information were made available as an interactive database on ACEN Datanet in 1987, and first placed on the World Wide Web in the mid 1990's.