ART?

Art & technology - a happy relationship?
Art can suffer from technology,
the computer engineer has no aesthetic,
the showperson indulges in the effect,
when blinded by the magic of the technoconjurer,
the question is left unanswered - but is it art?

The fine artist dismisses technology through technofear or in favour of materials that are real,
having presence and an inherent quality..
Technoart

Interactive - the illusion of choice, of depth, the loss of meaning, overdriven by menus, or simulated instant choregraphy - is it interactive now - and does it matter?

Electronic - innards exposed, beautiful constructions, mysterious objects, magical forces - created by engineers - the priests of technology?

Simulacrae - photorealistic, instant desktop productions, slick and glossy - a parallel to 19th-20th century painting movements of realism, is abstraction on the way?

Networked - shared, jointly created, from HTML to VRML and JAVA, flat hypertext, 3D, interactive and constantly evolving.. illusions of society?

Knowledge - programming or software tools - understanding of the media, use of logic, skills, patience - the left vs the right brain - technoliteracy?

Access - technology is relatively expensive, the PC is beyond the budegt of most artists, current VR technology can run into tens and hundreds of thousand pounds..

There are ?000's of electronic 2D art/image sites..

anyone can "paint" electronically...

next up on the NET : animations, 3D interactive, VRML worlds..