~With rules and restrictions in the digital arts world how are they helping/holding back the development of new ideas?
~If still life paintings are described as a desire to reflect rather than to make meaning, does that apply to photography as well?
~If we rely too heavily on images as a symbol of culture or information should there be a limit to the edits made to them?
Photography is by definition a "reflection" of the world as it exists, both in terms of physics and its original intent as a scientific invention, although of course an imperfect reflection with as many (if different) degrees and causes of variation as still life painting. However, this does not preclude its use to communicate and create meaning; the photographer has control over the staging and framing of the photograph, the lighting, how it is displayed and in what context and, with digital editing, can even change the appearance and content of the image. Moreover, similar to still life painting in the 17th century, the artistic intent of photography is not wholly to faithfully re-create real life; it can be used as an editorial on real life as well, using symbolic systems to construct meaning.
ReplyDeleteWhat are the rules and restrictions you refer to? Digital art is an incredibly broad category; it everything from installation art to commercial design. There are so many technologies that make different forms of digital art possible: the kinect, sound sensors, distance sensors, Processing, Arduino, video. The only limit there is to digital art is each person's definition of it.
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