Nelson,
>Hi Mark
>
>The word infography (infographie), isn't really new. It's being used
>almost since computer graphics have been invented. The word just tells
>about graphics conceived by computers. The word is maybe originary from
>France, where computing is translated by informatique.
That's it, I'm pretty sure I ran across it in a Virilio book.
>
>I just think that in the realm of digital, we never work in concrete
>with anything we always work in virtual concepts of something real.
>
That's my point, but we tend to take that for granted. I suspect that it's
a fact that deserves more attention. This is a defining characteristic of
digital images, still or moving, and as far as I know an entirely new
phenomenon. The idea of the artist being at the start one step removed from
the real, or the concrete, or however you'd like to put it, using a numeric
interpretation as a starting point, is a new development(?). The numeric
canvas as a layer of abstraction that sits between the artist and the
concrete. Is this really significant? I don't know, but I think it's an
interesting situation. Do you know of any writing on this?
Mark O'Connell
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