{"id":700,"date":"2006-11-27T00:29:04","date_gmt":"2006-11-26T22:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.randform.org\/blog\/?p=700"},"modified":"2006-11-27T00:29:05","modified_gmt":"2006-11-26T22:29:05","slug":"computerfinearts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.randform.org\/blog\/?p=700","title":{"rendered":"computerfinearts"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Exhibiting net art<\/a> \/certain digital art<\/a> etc. in a real (gallery) space is a difficult thing. <\/p>\n

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One difficulty is that a lot of these works have a strong conceptional part, which leads into the domain of my last post<\/a>. But there are many more open questions, like e.g. computer literacy, presentation – even: What is art? why should one display\/communicate at all? Or more down to earth: How do we preserve? Do we want to preserve? etc… (a nice overview about collecting e.g. -> here<\/a>. This is getting too complicated for this blog entry. )<\/p>\n

However one funny problem should be mentioned which occurs if the art pieces are completely online.<\/p>\n

In an earlier post<\/a> I reported about an exhibition connected with the art and math department at James Madison University<\/a> in Harrisonburg\/Virginia, where an online work of daytar called surrealey<\/a> was under display. <\/p>\n

It was a strange experience for me to get this brown envelope from Harrisonburg\/Virginia with the invitation cards for the exhibition (here the site<\/a> (which is still missing a more colourful page..;-)) – just in case – the cached site is here<\/a>) and I was irritated what to do with the cards. <\/p>\n

I.e. I dont know anybody in Harrisonburg\/Virginia and: who would go all the country roads down from -lets say- New York to see an online piece<\/strong> in Virginia? On the other hand why not? Or is this too surreal?<\/a>. How is surrealey perceived in this gallery in Virginia? I looked at Harrisonburg in Wikipedia<\/a> but also on google-earth Harrisonburg is still quite blurred. (I dont have virtual earth<\/a>, I am on linux). <\/p>\n

A gallery or museum is generally not just a mean for bloating the screen (e.g. if one uses videoprojectors, and assumes that home screens are (still) relatively small). But is the gallery space making a difference for an online work? Can one better connect to the artwork there in Virginia or wherever? (like for example: in front of ones own screen it’s easier to zap<\/a>). The outcome is probably unpredictable and everytime different.<\/p>\n

Doron Golan<\/a> of computerfinearts.com and dvblog.org<\/a> had probably similar feelings when the whole online exhibition, which is here<\/a>, went on display there <\/a> (via a video projector at the digital arts museum in Berlin, Tucholskystr<\/a>). I promised him to go to the opening on Nov. 9<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(admittingly it is not so far from my place to Berlin-Mitte as from NY to VA…:)). <\/p>\n

The exhibition of computerfinearts was supplemented by an installation of artist Holger Lippmann<\/a>, who was also present at the opening and by Forms of Unconsciousness<\/a> represented on digital prints by Gerhard Mantz.<\/a> (see above image)<\/p>\n

So here are some blurry images from the opening on Nov 9 (top image:Mantz, below two images: DAM, images in between: Holger Lippmanns installation, last two images: taken from the wall, unfortunately, I havent yet found out from whom the artwork is, I will refer to its creators as soon as I know)<\/p>\n

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