Hi Bronac,
I've always believed in the truism "ars longa, vita brevis". You only
really see what an artwork is in time.
Lev is right that some artworks become hopelessly outdated, or just of
interest as an experiment - a record of a moment. But some are still
highly relevant.
Now, in
Hi James
Points taken.
Thank you.
B
On Mon, 21 Sep 2020 at 17:16, James Wallbank wrote:
> Hi Bronac,
>
> I've always believed in the truism "ars longa, vita brevis". You only
> really see what an artwork is in time.
>
> Lev is right that some artworks become hopelessly outdated, or just of
>
Hi Brian,
In 2007 I proposed that Postmodernism was over, and the new art-historical
period should be called Networkism. Think of this as just a random comment,
but meant as a prompt to thought. I received one reply that I can recall,
stating that Networkism wasn't a good name, and that
Dear James
Fascinating, but inevitably some thoughts arise
I'd already been viewing Lev's cri de coeur as his Hamlet moment, or better
still, his anthropophagic minute: Tupi or not Tupi, as our Brazilian
forefathers warned us. How to breathe life into old stuff? To regurgitate
the swallowed? To
Hello Nettime!
This conversation is simply *too* *interesting*!
I'm a bit busy right now, but just want to register that I have loads of
responses.
What is "digital art"? Where is the boundary between digital art and art
that engages with the digital?
The artworks that I and my friends
On Mon, 21 Sep 2020 10:26:40 -0400, v...@voyd.com wrote:
Steve, thanks for this, and yeah, the Tactical Media Electric Kool-Aid Acid
Test was a great trip. What a ride, and it might not be done. However.
This might seem like the biggest non-committal answer possible, but I see
Hello,
Thanks Molly for your Sunday post...
allan
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Before the digital cultures insurgency of the 1990s the previous decade
had seen a similar burst of excitement around so called video art. Like
"new media” or digital cultures movement the power of the video moment
came from the breadth of its reach and multiple touch points in art,
political
Great postings, Brian, Molly, John and so many others.
Lev or no Lev, the whereabouts of new media arts occupy us here, for a reason.
From a political and personal perspective the opening up of a new communication
medium offers unheard possibilities. Then things close down and the real
