Digital Classroom
In Seth Apter's recently published book
"The Pulse of Mixed Media...", he asks artists
a variety of questions that pertain to their
personal views regarding art. One of the questions
is: "Do you consider digital art to be equal to
hand done art?" The answers were as follows:
Yes, 29%, No, 35% and Too Different to Compare, 36%.
Seth says those results have caused the biggest reaction
in his book tour, and the audience seems shocked when
they hear the statistics.
For me, it did seem shocking, ( and insulting???),
that less than a third of respondents found
digital art to be a legitimate form of art. I have written
about my feelings about this medium before
on this blog, so rather than rant about my own
bias, I thought I would give some thought to
what I've learned in the "Digital Classroom".
I thought I'd start with 5 things, and then
explore the topic in future posts.
1. Every image can be transformed "infinitely".
2. If you submit personal elements into a digital
program, they will remain and inform the
new altered image.
3. Sometimes intuition is given a more free reign
when you are just playing around with no
clear idea of where you want to go with an
image: surprise and serendipity often appear
where there did not seem to be anything new or
interesting to pursue. You may be carried far
afield of where you ever thought to go.
4. Every digital program has lots and lots of tools
that you need to learn how to use properly to
create work that has fundamental properties
of art composition, etc.
5. As with every other medium, not all of your pieces
are going to succeed. Like any form of art, some you will
love, while others just don't get.
I will continue this discussion next post!
In Seth Apter's recently published book
"The Pulse of Mixed Media...", he asks artists
a variety of questions that pertain to their
personal views regarding art. One of the questions
is: "Do you consider digital art to be equal to
hand done art?" The answers were as follows:
Yes, 29%, No, 35% and Too Different to Compare, 36%.
Seth says those results have caused the biggest reaction
in his book tour, and the audience seems shocked when
they hear the statistics.
For me, it did seem shocking, ( and insulting???),
that less than a third of respondents found
digital art to be a legitimate form of art. I have written
about my feelings about this medium before
on this blog, so rather than rant about my own
bias, I thought I would give some thought to
what I've learned in the "Digital Classroom".
I thought I'd start with 5 things, and then
explore the topic in future posts.
1. Every image can be transformed "infinitely".
2. If you submit personal elements into a digital
program, they will remain and inform the
new altered image.
3. Sometimes intuition is given a more free reign
when you are just playing around with no
clear idea of where you want to go with an
image: surprise and serendipity often appear
where there did not seem to be anything new or
interesting to pursue. You may be carried far
afield of where you ever thought to go.
4. Every digital program has lots and lots of tools
that you need to learn how to use properly to
create work that has fundamental properties
of art composition, etc.
5. As with every other medium, not all of your pieces
are going to succeed. Like any form of art, some you will
love, while others just don't get.
I will continue this discussion next post!
3 comments:
Again - what a PERFECT illustration to the topic you are writing about. Just love that digital classroom photo. I am most definitely in the minority of those who consider digital art to be "real art." I play around with digitally altering photos and it is nowhere near as easy as it may sound or look. You are a pro at it and because I know your orignal art, when I see how you transform it digitally, I love and appreciate your digital art all the more.
Thanks so much Paula!Digital art is all I am doing lately, but it seems to be where I need to be.
I have tried to never take it too personally when people - other artists included - look askance at my digital/mixed media pieces. I just tell myself it is soooo advanced they have yet to evolve a personal frame of reference for it, and until they do they will neither understand, nor be able to refrain from criticism!!
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