internet art
i would hope, and expect, that it's just a matter of time before the internet starts to be used as an art medium, rather than just an information and marketing tool.
i feel like this site, though it's mainly a personal journal of sorts, shows what the start of one online artistic avenue might look like -- pushing the limits of a two-dimensional screen and creating an experience that exceeds what we think is possible online. i don't know how this thing is made, and maybe it's actually a really simple language, but to me all programming is pure magic. sort of like images on TV or sound coming out of a radio...
http://polarfront.org/polarfront.html
i feel like this site, though it's mainly a personal journal of sorts, shows what the start of one online artistic avenue might look like -- pushing the limits of a two-dimensional screen and creating an experience that exceeds what we think is possible online. i don't know how this thing is made, and maybe it's actually a really simple language, but to me all programming is pure magic. sort of like images on TV or sound coming out of a radio...
http://polarfront.org/polarfront.html
posted by alex at 8:44 PM
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clearly i'm totally behind the times. thanks for the many references!
it's funny how confusing it is to see a site that isn't planned with the traditional sitemap, including "about" and "contact" sections, etc. in fact, i think it might make sense to have some of those cues to ease people into more boundary pushing websites...in some of these, i was just confused -- which doesn't mean that they're bad, although it may; i didn't have enough attention (or perhaps energy right now) to sort through or figure it out, which is an endemic problem with the web as medium, i think. making a successful art project on the internet would need to take into consideration how people are used to interacting with it and work _within_ that framework, but push it. and that would be the power of art to change the way people see things. or maybe not. i donno.
i'd seen the superbad site -- very cool. working with less tools usually makes for more creativity. (note the many recent, shitty "flashy" movies that are all about visul effects.)
loved the cabspotting and the last one...but on the latter couldn't tell how the internet was a part of it other than serving as an online art gallery.
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