hi all,
I think the idea of consumerism and images bombarding us is very pertinent. Perhaps one role of art could be to try and clear some kind of oasis in the midst of it? Art seems to have traditionally held the role of a mirror to society; perhaps now it could be about allowing a space in which people have room to think and respond- pretty well the opposite of what media does for us.
I'm also pretty enthused over the idea of the virtual space. It brings up a lot of questions: how do we experience a virtual space? how does it compare with the traditional gallery space? how can the above notion of space and images be questioned or challenged through the virtual space?
In a way, you could argue that the virtual space is more truly artistic because the pieces online can't be sold like traditional work can- how does the virtual space relate to commercialism?
(I'm working on how to make art that can live in the virtual space, but please bear in mind that I'm not good with computers, so any suggestions for how to hurry my education would be welcome.)
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The idea of "allowing a space in which people have room to think and respond" is an interesting one especially in the Cyberworld. Sort of like, ‘a virtual breath’.
I find myself clicking vigorously from image to image, page to page without fully allowing the information to sink in. There lacks greater consideration of what is before me and what is deemed relevant or not because other things more readily grab my attention.
As for making art to specifically live in virtual space - I personally am not getting too involved in fiddly programming because of lack of experience/confidence. I'm trying to think about maybe drawing or painting on real paper, scanning and posting as images/jpgs. Thinking moreso about the process of transforming something physical to digital, then 'displaying' the outcome in the virtual world. ‘Real' paintings become jpg's and what does this mean? Material/dematerial… that sort of thing?
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