Art and software deceive in the same way.
Can technology preserve artworks without changing them? Rothko painted five murals in 1962 for a room on the 10th floor of Harvard’s Holyoke Center. Sunlight and the chemically unstable paints Continue ReadingThe Digitization of Eternity: Humans Grow Old and Die, Should Not Art?
Works of art lie. Photographs of art deceive. Who has not seen a picture of the Creation of Adam in the Sistine Chapel? You see it as a majestic, inspired Continue ReadingThe Last Picture Show
Picasso stated that art is a lie, and artistic truth is getting people to understand the truths of those lies. More than the visual or musical arts, film illustrates this Continue ReadingWhat is Artistic Truth?
Listen to what moves you, and if it isn’t what you expect, rejoice in the surprise.” Susan Bell, The Artful Edit Not everyone is gifted with equal degrees of physical Continue ReadingUnderstanding Art
Imagine a future in which an art work could be subject to mechanical reproduction anywhere, at any time. Is this a utopia or a nightmare? In 1928, Paul Valéry wrote Continue ReadingArt in the Age of Cloud Computing
“Vénus changée en document.” Paul Valéry, Le Problème des Musées in Pièces sur L’Art Viewing an artwork, I do not think about it, I experience it. What is the problem Continue ReadingArt as Koan