Amazing but not surprising. This is not the first time Išve read something
like this in the mainstream media or seen it on TV. Media pundits (usually
journalists, not art or cultural theorists) have commented before on how
there has never been a serious piece of art or music made using the computer
(people like Xenakis, Chowning, Rokeby, Seaman, Mez, Collins, et al are all
overlooked). Perhaps the counter-attack is best. The question could be
raised why there has never been any interesting or good journalism yet on
the web?
We could bombard the guy with links but I doubt he would be able to
recognise good work from the indifferent or even the clearly irrelevant.
Best
Simon
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Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 10:57:09 +0100
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Subject: [NEW-MEDIA-CURATING] new media at the BBC
Where do they find these people?
"It's interesting that, as far as I am aware, no contemporary artist
has yet harnessed this extraordinary technology to make a significant
artwork. Of course, maybe I'm wrong and am missing something great -
do you know of any net-based art works that are worth a look?
Maybe you have made one (an artwork made specifically for the medium,
as opposed to a film such as the one above, which uses the net only as
a means of dissemination)?
If you, like me, can't find any net-based art of note, why do you
think that is? Why, when there's been such a boom in contemporary art
around the world, has no artist made the medium of the web his or her
canvas? And if someone were to use the net as a medium, as opposed to
making an image, or a video, or even an interactive Flash animation,
what would the resulting art look, or sound, or feel like?"
Will Gompertz, the new BBC 'Arts Director' in his blog,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/willgompertz/2010/02/40_wild_birds_p
lay_a_gibson_le.html
, on 2. February 2010.
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