It is amazing what is happening these days as technology and arts merge and fuel each other. How many of us geeks are also artists at heart? I think this is definitely a discussion we as artists need to have. Not only we artists but engineers and computer programmers, and all of us. It comes back to the fact that art is not created in a vacuum but by groups. Perhaps the artist creates a piece but the reality the artist is influenced by many and that includes the engineer.
The cool thing is the possibilities this creates. So many more people can create music, or movies, or photos that actually get a chance to be seen by people. Technology has increased the ability to create and display and appreciate many forms of artistic expression. Those artists that are particularly steeped in technology portray hope or caution us if nothing changes. They are the prophets that actually let us see the future.
Even sites like io9 consistently post articles that showcase the possibilities new technology gives the arts and artists. Here and here are a couple examples. There are many more places that showcase future art.
The Apple Computer company has grabbed onto this. They endeavour to design high quality machines that look pretty. I am not plugging them as a company but they do try and take beauty into account in the design of technology.
Its time for all artists and techies to talk about the future and the present and to work together to accomplish more then we ever could as an individual voice.
The cool thing is the possibilities this creates. So many more people can create music, or movies, or photos that actually get a chance to be seen by people. Technology has increased the ability to create and display and appreciate many forms of artistic expression. Those artists that are particularly steeped in technology portray hope or caution us if nothing changes. They are the prophets that actually let us see the future.
Even sites like io9 consistently post articles that showcase the possibilities new technology gives the arts and artists. Here and here are a couple examples. There are many more places that showcase future art.
The Apple Computer company has grabbed onto this. They endeavour to design high quality machines that look pretty. I am not plugging them as a company but they do try and take beauty into account in the design of technology.
Its time for all artists and techies to talk about the future and the present and to work together to accomplish more then we ever could as an individual voice.
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