On Nov 7, 2007, at 8:20 AM, Benjamin Geer wrote:
> But there's a crucial difference between an open format and a > proprietary one: if you create your work of art using proprietary > software tool X, and X uses a proprietary file format which only X can > read, then it's nearly impossible to convert your work to any other > format. So if you want something permanent, work in oil paint or marble. If you're working in computer art, embrace its transience - which, as Freud argued in an essay on the topic, is a large part of the reason that we find beauty in flowers. No one ever complained about the short life of a sand castle. Doug # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mail.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
