Tuesday, February 3, 2009

The thing that struck me the most about this chapter was the parts about interactivity. Indeed all works of art are interactive, as the book says, but there is something undeniably special about being able to manipulate the piece yourself. The one from the book that struck me the most was “The Golden Calf” by Jeffery Shaw. This is so simple, but yet so ingenious. It is just a picture of a statue of a calf on a screen and when you move around the pedestal with the screen, the view of the statue changes. I also like how the artist changes the photographs when in a different location so it remains site-specific. This piece is so cheeky as well. It is the virtual and digital representation of a sculpture. It seems like the way we will view everything in the future. This technology could be of great aid in future art history lessons. It is practical and beautiful. I also really liked the piece where the viewer can throw mouse balls at a keyboard wall with pop-ups and error messages. This seems very therapeutic for the common computer-user. It is a fantasy that all wish we could do, but will never be able to (unless we don’t mind breaking our precious technologies).

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