so many words to say nothing.
On 2 September 2012 13:49, Honor Harger <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am guessing you've all probably read Claire Bishop's fascinating essay in
> Art Forum, the "Digital Divide"?
> http://artforum.com/inprint/issue=201207&id=31944
>
> "So why do I have a sense that the appearance and content of contemporary
> art have been curiously unresponsive to the total upheaval in our labor and
> leisure inaugurated by the digital revolution? While many artists use
> digital technology, how many really confront the question of what it means
> to think, see, and filter affect through the digital? How many thematize
> this, or reflect deeply on how we experience, and are altered by, the
> digitization of our existence? I find it strange that I can count on one
> hand the works of art that do seem to undertake this task
> [....]
> There is, of course, an entire sphere of "new media" art, but this is a
> specialized field of its own: It rarely overlaps with the mainstream art
> world (commercial galleries, the Turner Prize, national pavilions at
> Venice). While this split is itself undoubtedly symptomatic, the mainstream
> art world and its response to the digital are the focus of this essay."
>
> I'd be interested in your eruditions on this.
>
> best,
>
> Honor
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