Rae's Presentation

One of the websites that Rae talked about was the Digital Art Mueseum. It's great to see a resource that shows a timeline of digital art from the early stages. It is interesting to see how artists have been exploring the capabilities of computers for making art. The progression in 30 years is incredible and it's hard to think of what will be possible in another 30 years. I can't predict if technological advances will continue steadily or if it will flatline at a certain point and we will become fascinated with going back to more traditional techniques. Despite the interesting qualities of the Digital Art Museum, I have a couple of problems with the website. I know it's not complete yet, but already it's pretty slow and it isn't organized very well. If they work on it a little more, I think it could be a very useful website for digital artists.


Another website that Rae showed us was The Museum of Computer Art. This content of this website seems to be scattered as well and not so user-friendly, but it has a lot of content on artists. They break artists into many categories that I haven't even heard of before, so it's definitely intriguing. I found an artist named Thomas Bijon who does Transmuted Photography. It looks similar to what I do with fragmentation, except he cuts up photos digitally and rearranges them to form what he calls a transmuted painting. Since I'm not a member of MOCA I can only look at a few pieces from each artist, but it is a starting point for checking out some art.


Sadie Benning is an artist that Rae was very enthusiastic about. He showed us a couple of video clips of her work. I couldn't believe that she started making art at the age of 15 with a toy video camera. Her work is very personal and it is incredible to see video art from the viewpoint of a 15 year old. I'm not sure if she was aware that she was making art at the time, but it's very invasive of her world. It actually reminded me of Rae's work a little. Not the technique or style, but the invitation into personal space. It's hard to imagine letting the public into that private of a space but I definitely respect that level of trust that they give their viewers.