Contains some great learnings on how not to setup a digital archive. - 'database of virtual art' and other immaterial terminology harkens back to mid 90s cyberculture - not available in german even though based and run from austria - empty fields constantly remind you its a thinly skinned database with lots of gaps - not responsive at all for mobile or tablet screens - for a web-based 'rich media' archive relies almost entirely on static shots of time-based and performative work
The distinct (and must be said, dated) aesthetic of most of these works nevertheless poses an interesting question for our ADA too. What role does the 'digital' now have as commonality when digital and network technologies have shifted from marginal to ubiquitous? In other words, when the internet has become banality and 'every artist working today is a post internet artist, lets move on' (Darling), does it make any sense to differentiate 'digital' as both a separate medium and community? When 90% of your 'viewers' are hits on your website looking at photoshopped documentation taken with CCD chips, where is the boundary line? I don't really have answers to these questions, and personally find communities like ADA, Rhizome and Net-time hugely beneficial, but its worth thinking about what we mean with terms like 'digital art' and what the real common threads in these works and communities are. cheers, Luke lukemunn.com twitter:@lukemunn On 9 January 2015 at 23:12, helen varley jamieson < [email protected]> wrote: > (forwarding for anyone interested) > > INVITATION FOR SCHOLARS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE ARCHIVE OF DIGITAL ART > ================> > The Archive of Digital Art invites scholars to make contributions: > www.digitalartarchive.at ! > > The Archive of Digital Art (ADA) expands its field of contributors. > Most recently, not only artists, but also scholars can become members of > the vivid online community of the archive. > > Since its foundation in 1999, the Archive of Digital Art (former > Database of Virtual Art) has become the most important academic online > archive for media art. In cooperation with established media artists and > institutions it has been documenting the rapidly evolving world of > digital art and its related fields for more than a decade and contains > today a selection of thousands of artworks at the intersection of art, > science, and technology. > > Scholars are now invited to upload their publications, information on > conferences, exhibitions and teaching to the archive. Thus, they are > represented in the archive and can work collaboratively with artists on > the documentation and analysis of digital art. Amongst others, > collective keywording of media art works is carried out. > > Scholars can also use the new ADA “light box” tool which > facilitates the examination and comparison of images for research and > teaching. Interested scholars may apply for an account here: > https://www.digitalartarchive.at/support/account-request.html > > -- > helen varley jamieson > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://www.creative-catalyst.com > http://www.talesfromthetowpath.net > http://www.upstage.org.nz > > _______________________________________________ > Ada_list mailing list > [email protected] > http://ada.net.nz/ > > > Manage your list membership (Subscribe, Change to digest, Unsubscribe) > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/ada_list > >
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