And before I get labeled as a luddite or film fetishist, which anyone who knows me knows I am not at all - I love the things digital technology has opened up for making and experiencing art. My work has been completely digital for years (though I also love, and loved working with, film for its own unique capabilities). And I can certainly see "brain recordings" as great ingredients in a piece of art made with constrained tools. But raw vision dump? I want to see the amazing collision of the artist's vision with the tools and materials - digital, analog, virtual, I don't care - not the one unmasked ingredient.
Brook On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Brook Hinton <[email protected]> wrote: > I am interested in tools because they can jolt my mind into finding / > expressing / using things it couldn't otherwise envision. The > "constraint" of tools is the key to aesthetic transformation, which > then helps me see / live better the rest of the time. > > I'm not interested in unfiltered manifestation of something direct > from my, or anyone's, brain. I already live there. Same even with the > "dream" of 3D 360degree cinema - I already live in a 3D immersive > world. I need things like cinema to enlighten, inform, enhance being > alive, not duplicate it - goes for the life outside as well as inner > life. > > Making art is a way to surpass the limitations of the brain. The > constraints of the tools are catalysts in this process. > > > Brook > > > > On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Aaron F. Ross > <[email protected]> wrote: >> This is not unsettling to me, I've been waiting for it to happen >> since I first read science fiction stories as a young boy. >> >> With brain-machine interfaces, the opportunities for self-expression >> will be blown wide open. At that point, I'm hoping that the most >> imaginative visionaries should be able to rise to the forefront of >> public awareness. No longer will we be constrained by tools. >> Artisanal craftsmanship will no longer exist, to be replaced by pure >> intellect. And that's a good thing. >> >> I gave a talk this year that touched upon this topic, mainly in the >> context of how 3D graphics has widened the scope of possibilities for >> art and communication. I know that computer art is very unpopular >> among this crowd, I've been attacked again and again for mentioning >> it, so let the flames begin. I'm wearing my flame-retardant vest. >> >> http://www.dr-yo.com/video_dorkbot_2011.html >> >> Aaron >> >> >> >> >> >> At 10/28/2011, you wrote: >>>Interesting article with complex social, biological, as well >>>as aesthetic implications into the future. . . . Obviously, >>>capturing imagery is a far cry from understanding the complexities >>>of 'thought,' and it's still very futuristic, but as we conceivably >>>'think' to each other, or project our thought/images, there would >>>have to be resultant changes in consciousness, and the role of the >>>artist would necessarily be re-defined along with >>>everything/everyone else. "Direct" visual art? Ultimate loss of >>>the artisanal? And/or a revitalizing of same? I realize this has >>>little or no immediate relevance to anyone here (probably), but it >>>showed up in my email and I just thought some frameworkers would >>>possibly find it interesting as well: >>>http://gizmodo.com/5843117/scientists-reconstruct-video-clips-from-brain-activity >>>Marilyn Brakhage _______________________________________________ >>>FrameWorks mailing list [email protected] >>>https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >> >> ------------------------------------------- >> >> Aaron F. Ross >> Digital Arts Guild >> >> _______________________________________________ >> FrameWorks mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >> > > > > -- > ____________________________ > Brook Hinton > Moving Image and Sound Maker > www.brookhinton.com > > Associate Professor / Assistant Chair > Film Program at CCA > California College of the Arts > www.cca.edu/film > -- ____________________________ Brook Hinton Moving Image and Sound Maker www.brookhinton.com Associate Professor / Assistant Chair Film Program at CCA California College of the Arts www.cca.edu/film _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list [email protected] https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
