Category Archives: Blog 08

“My point is that mainstream contemporary art simultaneously disavows and depends on the digital revolution, even—especially—when this art declines to speak overtly about the conditions of living in and through new media. But why is contemporary art so reluctant to describe our experience of digitalized life? After all, photography and film were embraced rapidly and […]

“So why continue to work with “real” analog equipment? Artists like Dean, the preeminent spokesperson for old media, stake their attachment to celluloid as a fidelity to history, to craft, to the physicality of the editing process; the passing of real film is a loss to be mourned.” Since when does the argument of old […]

“My point is that mainstream contemporary art simultaneously disavows and depends on the digital revolution, even especially when this art declines to speak overtly about the conditions of living in and through new media. But why is contemporary art so reluctant to describe our experience of digitized life? After all, photography and film were embraced […]

HWDue – Blog 08: Quote a passage from the reading that captures your attention and write a 300-word response explaining why that concept is of interest. The quote that stood out to me was “If you borrow am artist DVD from a gallery, it usually arrives in a white slip, with VIEWING COPY ON IT […]

Bishop’s idea of the Digital Divide resonated with me well because of how agreeably it appropriated with the contemporary world. She brings up two very specific ideas that were a reflection of artists’ work such as Frances Stark and Thomas Hirschhorn. First, she says “Each suggests the endlessly disposable, rapidly mutable ephemera of the virtual […]

“Presented as carefully displayed collections, their installations belie the extent to which everyone with a personal computer today has become a de facto archivist, storing and filing thousands of documents, images, and music files.” The rarity of the exclusive meme has plagued the digital age. No longer are we confined to the walls of a […]