Pohio, Nathan wrote: > I say this partly from what I have seen go on and partly from looking at > the work being produced off shore , there is an obsession with high end > teched up super work , which is impressive in a way but offensive in > others , I mean in terms of great finance required for an artwork to > exist seems morally questionable to me, and does a great video artwork > really need an specially designed couch...but well most of my friends > are musicians so what do I know.
based on what i've seen i'd agree with you, a lot of the money gets wasted on bad ideas, and the only thing left is the high-tech experience, playing with technofetishism, which may or may not be an artistic experience (i'd vote not). the most impressive stuff to my eyes uses very simple and cheap resources but in a fantastic way. and this is the stuff you can only develop when you have groups of people sharing ideas in one place. not online, not on a mailing list - yes, written word is important but a lot of people don't like the written word as a medium, and internet communication is not the same as making someone a coffee or pouring them a beer. the work that Ada does in this respect is fantastic; especially, the distributed nature of the conferences, etc. to those who say stop moaning and just make it happen - if i was still living in NZ i would. -- damian stewart | skype: damiansnz | [email protected] frey | live art with machines | http://www.frey.co.nz _______________________________________________ Ada_list mailing list [email protected] http://aotearoadigitalarts.org.nz/
