Comment on: Is Digital Photography a real work of Art?

Bigthink — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:11:02 +0100

It is simple, the role of computers in art, but as with any truly simple concern (what is matter? who am I?) it manifests a maddening depth. The simple response, then, is "computers are just another medium." Like other media, the work should look different and not be a copy of another technique. More importantly, and more difficult in the current cultural climate, the work should not ignore human nature, but should respect Form as well as expression--Beauty and Truth.

Comment on: Is Digital Photography a real work of Art?

Bigthink — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 12:38:46 +0100

danhi77,
I agree and appreciate how you have made clear the global nature of "digital" in creativity. Rather than "Computers... [invading] ... every art form," I think artists--over the past twenty years or so--have played a very significant role in transforming an electronic number cruncher into the powerful, universal tool it is today.
About this and your last sentence, please see my comment referred to below. (And keep writing. You've much to say. Let us hope that those who thought this forum up can find elegance in simplicity.) Bob

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