Actually, technology is a misnomer, or at least the term is being misused here. It is not a question of technology, but how it is used that is key. Two thousand years ago casting bronze, carving stone, painting in fresco, performing plays were all technologies that were being used. The fact that in performing a play (or telling a story) the performer did not ask the audience what choices should be made at times in the storyline is a choice. In the example that Penn Jillette gives, computer technology allows the reader/participant to choose one of several possible storylines. The decision to use the technology in that way is a choice made by the creator of the work. It doesn't mean that it is a good choice, or a preferable choice in storytelling - it is a choice. Technology is a tool, and computers (and other digital media) are specific tools we have now. The choices we make as artists in using those technologies are the significant factors.
Reid On Tuesday, May 17, 2005, at 08:52 AM, Tamara Wyndham wrote: > "Technology adds nothing to art. Two thousand years > ago, I could tell you a story, and at any point during > the story I could stop, and ask, Now do you want the > hero to be kidnapped, or not? But that would, of > course, have ruined the story. Part of the experience > of being entertained is sitting back and plugging into > someone else's vision." > > Penn Jillette (1955 - ), Interview in WIRED magazine, > 1993 > > > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! Mail Mobile > Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail > > > > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Mailinglist from Sztuka Fabryka > http://www.sztuka-fabryka.be/ > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater? Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good! http://us.click.yahoo.com/pkgkPB/SOnJAA/Zx0JAA/fuDrlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mailinglist from Sztuka Fabryka http://www.sztuka-fabryka.be/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ma-network/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
