Does the existence of these centres make a difference to > how > and what artists choose to make or show
I think yes-but lack of knowledge of the tools can be a drawback. I think that access is important to all, as you can have as much equipment as you like but if it dose not get regular use at a developmental stage in work then it becomes like a finishing tool. rather than finding the boundaries of what is possible through playing with it. I do agree with zoe though funding is influential whatever. >From personal experience I have found myself and work being influenced by the access to knowledge and introduction to equipment. although more often than not I am asked whether a computer is capable of a task or not. suggesting that most people have the idea of what they want and try and fit the equipment to it. I think this is probably quite universal. If this is the case then it is beneficial to have resources in a market were the equipment changes so rapidly and costs so much that it would be only a luck rich few that could afford to make there ideas work in the way they would like to see it develop. ross Zoe Irvine wrote: > > This month's topic is: sites/locations for making and showing work > > > > What impact do site or location have on artists' practise with media > > technologies? Does the existence of these centres make a difference to > > how > > and what artists choose to make or show? > > Yes I suspect so - but I think that funding is influential in whatever > your endeavour. Mine is audio work and audio publication, I am involved in > a couple of event and publication projects at the moment which engage > directly with space and venue - one is a squash court, squash is very > specific but my experience is general: in trying to organise this it is a > matter of money wrangling, venue hunting and eventually for the CD > distribution seeking, not to mention work making a creative curating. > Although the works have digital origination they will manifest in a > physical event, a CD publication as well as a website. I think that this > is often the case for projects that use media technologies ? they have a > physical manifestation in the form of an event or exhibition. > > In terms of the question I suspect that work gets made where it is > possible to make it - from a bedroom computer or an open access centre to > a pay-up state of the art facility depending on budget. I think the issue > is more how it is shown/engaged with and distributed - at least that is > the issue for me as I have the luxury of my own facilities and some time > to use them. > > However in terms of making an edition or event (or releasing your time for > this work) this requires money which is sought after from whatever funding > bodies seem appropriate ? here�s where I come back to the question ? > perhaps these digital facility/exhib. locations mentioned by Chris have > three roles of support ? one is in providing the facility the second might > be in providing a recognisable context for �this kind of work�, > recognisable as a venue that attracts an audience and makes a focus and > the third is as institutions that lend credibility to projects when they > try to scrape funding together. > > Distribution of audio is a difficult one, I would be interested to see any > examples of websites with sound work that people can recommend. > > Yours Zoe > Dundee > > ===== > Aeolus > Audio Publication > Scotland > > ____________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk > or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie > ------------------------------------------------- > a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland > post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > and write "info ambit" in the message body > ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and write "info ambit" in the message body -------------------------------------------------
