More For Tuesday, 9.2.08

C. I Red

  "Whatever images of net.art projects grace these pages, beware that, seen out of their native HTML, out of their networked, social habitats, they are the net.art equivalents of animals in zoos."

——nice

"And as the Net moves precipitously toward convergence with television, new strategies are urgently needed to maneuver freely, sovereignly, through an increasingly factitious, total-media environment."

>>This made me think about that for the first time. I never realized that T.V. and the internet were gettin so close together... But it makes sense everything running through cable. So then itll be back to your TV as your home entertainment system with your computer on it as well now. Surely everyone will have their personal laptop but the livingroom system will be the central hub. 

So will net.art and iTunes become something like "widgets" that you can get for "your" computer to personalize it for a small fee...? The ones that cost more will of course reflect the "net.artisticness" of it.

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For Tuesday, 9.2.08

A. Research Around

Walter Anderson — Horn Island

(not observing nature but becoming one with it)

Comic Book Contrast

(each element has a glow to it)

Capturing the Beach/Island

(owning a piece of the scape, like a firefly)

B. Made Something

Dealing with landscape...

I am stricken with horn island. not neccessarily the place itself but what it does to people...or at least for me and alot of people i talk to.  getting away, getting rid of everything and just sitting around. Like i said up there, walter anderson wanted to become one with nature and not just observe it. And being one of the few "designers" that go...us techpeople find a block, we have to do art like watercolors or something. I like it but this is just a chance to go digital with a horn island aspect, my favorite landscape. and now i get to interact with it.

What im going to stick in these layers is still in the clouds for now....hmm.....

C.

1.

Of course, as it always has. From the super real paintings into the abstract into the performance into anything you want; art has always changed...or the perception...or our perception...

net.art adds a new variable.

Something you can see and hear, creating an illusion, but you can never touch it.

2.

Its like comparing the old star wars which was the last ones and the new star wars which were the first ones.

You cant judge them on the quality of graphics or knowledge of way to do things, if you do date must be considered. But its always the concept and direction behind it. It may say something to you but first you need to know what they were trying to say.

3.

netart is the name and netart is the name. dada may not have seemed like the right word to some, but thats what made it fit so well...it stirred people.

I believe the computer is where about the netart boundary starts to become apparent. Most design and computer arts are done digitally now I think its the purpose around the piece that defines which part of the fence it is going to fall on. Everyone has their opinion but its what purpose the artist gives it that is what it is. If it designing a book or poster or etc....art is suppose. If its making a pop-up that give people random famous quotes or just anything that is meant to get a rise or something....maybe its netart

4.

Its art so have an art show. One machine for each piece, devoted to it. Lined up or 'fung shwead' around to the appeal of the gallery. But the total experience as far as the viewer walking in that door is up to the artist, red carpet, lamp...chair....mouse....custom keyboard....etc....

Its how far the one goes

I think that art shows will continue to draw in the interest. But the netart-ers have the  advantage of the net as a mass means of advertisment.

5. 

Persistence

If you stick around and fight a true good fight then they will finally recognize that something is there. Survive the hazing, entering the atmosphere, a new world.

B.

http://www.flight404.com.version8/index.html

Personally, as a design major, this is a splendid site. Although in parts the clean and crisp compromises the legibility. But easy to figure out and appreciate.

As for the content, also very interesting, perplexing ands stimulating site.

Theres a little thing about his cat that not many people may care for, but as for the other bits, very good.

It almost plays as a personal sketchbook of practices. This is how one keeps a digital sketch book on the web and what a thematic load of "cutting edge" exercises.

Lots of code i assume....can't wait

Making Money, Not Art

How could you turn the sale of net.art into an investment?

People make money from the web with advertisement dollars. If ones item is on a website with a particular sponsor then could some sort of residual income come of this item?

So if one were to buy the art, they would be buying a very tiny "business'

Hmmm...?