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Vector as high art.

schmidty

2004-02-27, 12:28 am

Maybe I am writing this because its past my bedtime.
Ignore the previouse line. I am writing this because it is past my bedtime,
but please take a peak, maybe you will agree with me.

How come we don't see computer rendered art work (to be specific, vector
graphics) in museums or as high art?

I notice with almost everyone I meet, who has limited experience with
computers (i.e. Microsoft Office), are dead set on maintaining the opinion
that because work is created digitally it is therefore easy and takes little
to no time and skill.

I would like to fight this unjust opinion which seems to plague the general
public. I want to get out there in the streets, march, fight, raise hell and
eyebrows. And damn it, I will live to see a day of Vector .eps files being
projected onto screens at Gallerys across the world.
Only one problem tho. I prefer dark rooms infront bright screens.
Shucks.

Schmidty

Indulge me.

Gary White

2004-02-27, 12:28 am

On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 03:15:30 +0000 (UTC), "jacknewton"
<wmbforumsuser@maczomedia.com> wrote:

> I want people to select one radio button at a time. I do not want people to
>check more than one option. How do I do that??? Now you can select more than
>one, anh on top(of it, you can't unselect - Why and how do I correct it?

Name all the radio bqttons in the group with the sama name.

Gary

steggy

2004-02-27, 3:28 am

schmidty wrote:
>
> Maybe I am writing this because its past my bedtime.
> Ignore the previouse line. I am writing this because it is past my bedtime,
> but please take a peak, maybe you will agree with me.
>
> How come we don't see computer rendered art work (to be specific, vector
> graphics) in museums or as high art?
>
> I notice with almost everyone I meet, who has limited experience with
> computers (i.e. Microsoft Office), are dead set on maintaining the opinion
> that because work is created digitally it is therefore easy and takes little
> to no time and skill.
>
> I would like to fight this unjust opinion which seems to plague the general
> public. I want to get out there in the streets, march, fight, raise hell and
> eyebrows. And damn it, I will live to see a day of Vector .eps files being
> projected onto screens at Gallerys across the world.
> Only one problem tho. I prefer dark rooms infront bright screens.
> Shucks.
>
> Schmidty
>
> Indulge me.

I think you are totally right!
Here in Tucson there is a "Museum of Digital Art" by the
way. Very cool.
But I agree (though not an artist myself, more a production
type), I agree. But do not forget the movies like Monster Inc.:)))
--
steg

Berry en muis nemen elkaar regelmatig in het tunneltje,
vooral als digi even niet met vakantie is!

Oldylocks

2004-02-27, 12:28 pm

I think size and environment is a limiting factor, which you hinted at with
your projection idea.

A museum I volunteered in once had a display of computer graphics using
large monitors and some projection. The rooms had to be dark, which was
tough in a big open gallery with skylights. The cost of this small-scale,
month-long display was enormous for our budget - the equipment had to be
rented. The little local museum was a non-profit org., sponsored mostly by
the richies in the area. Quite more of an undertaking than just hanging
something on a wall but we had some help from local businesses and schools
who donated money and IT personnel to install and maintain the exhibit.

And I have to say that to project a lot of graphics in a single darkened
gallery becomes a small nightmare in terms of arrangement and security. It's
not like hanging three paintings on a wall... the light cast from one
projection does affect the one next to it so more space is required between
them. We had to have extra people standing in the gallery watching for
sticky fingers. Monitors worked better but made the gallery very warm.

Most small galleries or local museums would need significant technological
updates to be able to better-accommodate an exhibit like this. There weren't
any then, but flat panels would be great. How about a bunch of those ones
you can attach to a wall????

But you have GOT to involve the medium because when computer artwork is
printed out on large format paper, it becomes flat art, just like everything
else on the wall. Of course, both the content and the medium must be
considered but I think that part of the appeal of computer graphics is still
the computer part of it. When you print your fantabulous computer artwork,
you get pigment... and it just doesn't have the wow quality of pixels.

-Oldy

"schmidty" <Schmidty@nomail.com> wrote in message
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> Maybe I am writing this because its past my bedtime.
> Ignore the previouse line. I am writing this because it is past my
bedtime,
> but please take a peak, maybe you will agree with me.
>
> How come we don't see computer rendered art work (to be specific, vector
> graphics) in museums or as high art?
>
> I notice with almost everyone I meet, who has limited experience with
> computers (i.e. Microsoft Office), are dead set on maintaining the opinion
> that because work is created digitally it is therefore easy and takes
little
> to no time and skill.
>
> I would like to fight this unjust opinion which seems to plague the
general
> public. I want to get out there in the streets, march, fight, raise hell
and
> eyebrows. And damn it, I will live to see a day of Vector .eps files being
> projected onto screens at Gallerys across the world.
> Only one problem tho. I prefer dark rooms infront bright screens.
> Shucks.
>
> Schmidty
>
> Indulge me.
>
>

2004-02-28, 8:28 pm

some of those guys at www.illustratorworld.com had at least one show in a
physical gallery