following Beryl's comment and some things which came up at the Baltic -there does seem to be a concentration on web-based works (which are
enormously exciting in their potential but ...) Security for Gallery (and
even more so for non-gallery venue) based works is a big issue - of course
it is possible to work aroung using it as one of the parameters for creating
a new work - but this calls for greater collaboration between artists and
venues, and perhaps for a three way/ team collaboration with artist/
gallery/ technician. A true collaboration not just a get-help-sooner.
I learnt to program because I wanted to be able to do it all myself, and
this is quite possible with net-based works,but for a Gallery interactive on
the scale that interests me, a fairly significant shift is going to be
needed in my practice. This negotiation of control is interesting in the
context of the shifting control which interactivity gives to an
"audience"...
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