Content Beware: How tech is defining art
Doctor Laser: Inside the Wondrous Lab of One of the World’s Last Holographers
I gotta say, lasers are fucking awesome. I dream about lasers. I hope to have more lasers in my life, but that this artist is one of few people who still depend on the medium to thrill and inform his audience startles me. In this case, he has gone from forward-thinking artist to nostalgic, future technologies of the past. He is a walking World’s Fair. Still, what he does is neat, and I expect that despite the fact that the technology once promised to change our lives today it remains an interesting medium if only because it looks pretty – not because it gives us a glimpse into the future. I suspect that many artists who decide to use technology as the driving force behind their content will one day find themselves in this very position, using a dated technology that once promised to change the way we see the world but that never really had its day. Why? Technology advances so quickly today that the artist who employs it is essentially gambling on the idea that they are at the start of something that others will eventually employ as well.
Motherload via Gizmodo
I like this, as I like most of the things I post here at Content Beware. In this case, however, I find that this installation uses technology in order to gain access to information that would otherwise be inaccessible to the artist and his audience. Still, it is art made possible through technology, made important because of technology. Even more interesting, it is art that transforms information into content. Here we gain access to information that the artist tells us is interesting enough to be art. He notices something we do not, and reminds us that there is a song in most things.
While we’re on the subject of acoustic botany, it’s worth recalling Swiss artist Zimoun’s Woodworms installation, whose minimalist set-up simply reads: “25 woodworms, wood, microphone, sound system.” You can watch—and listen to—a video of the piece here.
Gizmodo via BLDG BLOG
Amazing Artwork with Recycled Printer Cartridges
I recycle; you should, too. What I find interesting here is not that the content is created through the inspiration of the technology that makes it possible, but that here we have an opportunity to see what can happen when presented with the limited tools at the disposal of the artist – as it should.
We gave artist Faith Pearson some empty ink cartridges that were going to be thrown away and asked if she could do anything with them.
We were blown away when she came back with these scenes and models including famous Sci Fi movies! It just shows that we all throw too much away that could be put to another use.
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