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Tuesday, April 08, 2008
The Future of Art in a Digital World (part 1)
Predicting a future for Art is difficult because the meaning of Art itself depends on ones personal definition of it.
These are some of the other things going on right now…
- Our world is facing a climate crisis.
- Our world will use up all of it’s know resources in 150 years.
- Monks are being tortured
- Humans are starved, diseased and die terrible deaths
- Much of the world in at war.
- Digitization has firmly embedded itself in our culture.
First of all, I believe that we should look at Art as 2 separate complex entities. The 1st one will be called Art and the 2nd one will be called Fine Art.
Art is a very large fluid mental body of interconnections which would encompass our thoughts, feelings, and the way we simply behave and are. Nature, science, the miracle of life and being, are all Art in this sense. Art is an attitude that can create change. Art is optimism. It’s the creative spark that causes anyone to do anything. Sometimes I know that our language has limits when sharing complex ideas. This is where Art and Fine Art can come together. Art is one of those words that must stand in and represent far more than it should. Basically, Art stands for everything that is good.
Fine Art is that thing you learn about in Art History. It thrives in urban centers during prosperous economic times. It has many different periods, mediums and styles. It changes slowly over time. We only hear what we’re supposed to. You know…“history is written by the victorious” or something to that effect. Fine Art has generally been controlled by elitists and the wealthy, which may usually, but not necessarily, mean that inequality is/was present. Fine Art is truly a business which must survive amongst all of the others. Fine Art is in our city. It’s not close to the degree of Paris or New York but it is here. And yes, we have extremely wealthy residence and many homeless poor people. Fine Art should actually be much stronger in city if it were directly relational to the alarming range of personal wealth apparent here. I love Fine Art for many reasons but something does seem to be wrong with some of our historical values. Fine Art moves so slowly that an artist is more likely to get popular after they die.
So how do we integrate more Art into Fine Art?
How can we justify taking part in Fine Art?
Digital Fine Art is not a “cultural distraction” like lots of the media we see. It can be difficult, especially for experts, to determine what can be let through the Fine Art gates. It always depends on who is looking at the situation. I definitely believe that Fine Art should open up it’s focus. People are being raised around computers and will not fear them the way that someone might today.
Digital technology will get deeply involed with Art, as it has with culture.
But things we be different…
The wonders of computation will be used in more thoughtful ways. The purpose or direction of technology is reassessed. Science and technology, under the influence of artists, visionaries, and the collective consciousness of humanity, will get maximized to it's full potential. Things will be invented on a daily basis because everybody is experimenting with technology in new creative ways.
Digital Revolution! ???
- It helps us towards utopia or at least saves us from extinction
- Major advancement in areas like; resources, new understanding of environment/universe, new medical, new jobs, new global sharing systems, and new values (w/Art & Fine Art together).
Art and Culture are so intertwined that they often appear to be one. Like Ying-Yang or partners who require each other to function, possibly like the two halves of our brains?
Image displays the Digital influence on Art and Culture.
This is a link to my short Flash animation of the same concept.
(Please note that for the purpose of clarity more [-] values have been put into the Culture entity and [+] ones have gone into the Art entity. This is not to say that all Cultural values are bad and all Art values good. However, I feel that, historically in our world, the Bad Cultural values have generally ruled over the Good ones, and also the fact that humans are truly oblivious to what is really going on.)
I don’t know if Fine Art will ever go away?
Art, as I have defined it, is something eternal. Fine Art is not.
Fine Art will surely change form and nature as culture changes.
This is a link to my very Young Hae-Chang Heavy Industries style short Flash animation which begins to illustrate may thoughts on this subject.
end part 1
Predicting a future for Art is difficult because the meaning of Art itself depends on ones personal definition of it.
These are some of the other things going on right now…
- Our world is facing a climate crisis.
- Our world will use up all of it’s know resources in 150 years.
- Monks are being tortured
- Humans are starved, diseased and die terrible deaths
- Much of the world in at war.
- Digitization has firmly embedded itself in our culture.
First of all, I believe that we should look at Art as 2 separate complex entities. The 1st one will be called Art and the 2nd one will be called Fine Art.
Art is a very large fluid mental body of interconnections which would encompass our thoughts, feelings, and the way we simply behave and are. Nature, science, the miracle of life and being, are all Art in this sense. Art is an attitude that can create change. Art is optimism. It’s the creative spark that causes anyone to do anything. Sometimes I know that our language has limits when sharing complex ideas. This is where Art and Fine Art can come together. Art is one of those words that must stand in and represent far more than it should. Basically, Art stands for everything that is good.
Fine Art is that thing you learn about in Art History. It thrives in urban centers during prosperous economic times. It has many different periods, mediums and styles. It changes slowly over time. We only hear what we’re supposed to. You know…“history is written by the victorious” or something to that effect. Fine Art has generally been controlled by elitists and the wealthy, which may usually, but not necessarily, mean that inequality is/was present. Fine Art is truly a business which must survive amongst all of the others. Fine Art is in our city. It’s not close to the degree of Paris or New York but it is here. And yes, we have extremely wealthy residence and many homeless poor people. Fine Art should actually be much stronger in city if it were directly relational to the alarming range of personal wealth apparent here. I love Fine Art for many reasons but something does seem to be wrong with some of our historical values. Fine Art moves so slowly that an artist is more likely to get popular after they die.
So how do we integrate more Art into Fine Art?
How can we justify taking part in Fine Art?
Digital Fine Art is not a “cultural distraction” like lots of the media we see. It can be difficult, especially for experts, to determine what can be let through the Fine Art gates. It always depends on who is looking at the situation. I definitely believe that Fine Art should open up it’s focus. People are being raised around computers and will not fear them the way that someone might today.
Digital technology will get deeply involed with Art, as it has with culture.
But things we be different…
The wonders of computation will be used in more thoughtful ways. The purpose or direction of technology is reassessed. Science and technology, under the influence of artists, visionaries, and the collective consciousness of humanity, will get maximized to it's full potential. Things will be invented on a daily basis because everybody is experimenting with technology in new creative ways.
Digital Revolution! ???
- It helps us towards utopia or at least saves us from extinction
- Major advancement in areas like; resources, new understanding of environment/universe, new medical, new jobs, new global sharing systems, and new values (w/Art & Fine Art together).
Art and Culture are so intertwined that they often appear to be one. Like Ying-Yang or partners who require each other to function, possibly like the two halves of our brains?
Image displays the Digital influence on Art and Culture.
This is a link to my short Flash animation of the same concept.
(Please note that for the purpose of clarity more [-] values have been put into the Culture entity and [+] ones have gone into the Art entity. This is not to say that all Cultural values are bad and all Art values good. However, I feel that, historically in our world, the Bad Cultural values have generally ruled over the Good ones, and also the fact that humans are truly oblivious to what is really going on.)
I don’t know if Fine Art will ever go away?
Art, as I have defined it, is something eternal. Fine Art is not.
Fine Art will surely change form and nature as culture changes.
This is a link to my very Young Hae-Chang Heavy Industries style short Flash animation which begins to illustrate may thoughts on this subject.
end part 1
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
RE: can we plan 1000 years into the future?
If a 1000 year leap in time seems crazy then you are not alone. I see it, the below blog post, as more of a fun and imaginative exercise for your mind. Of course, the only way to handle current world issues is to work on what we can right now. Setting goals and planning is always a good idea for any individual or any collective system. We, as humans with knowledge and technology, should be able to observe and manage the entire global system (Us, the people, the animals, plants, environment, resources etc). It could really be that simple. A sort of collective intelligence will put everyone on the same page. Any kind of governing body would be skeletal in form and held accountable by the collective opinions and feelings of the people. So yeah, this kind of stuff is starting to develop right now. I would hope that, within 50 years, collective intelligence will begin to correct the path of humanity towards a beautiful future.
If a 1000 year leap in time seems crazy then you are not alone. I see it, the below blog post, as more of a fun and imaginative exercise for your mind. Of course, the only way to handle current world issues is to work on what we can right now. Setting goals and planning is always a good idea for any individual or any collective system. We, as humans with knowledge and technology, should be able to observe and manage the entire global system (Us, the people, the animals, plants, environment, resources etc). It could really be that simple. A sort of collective intelligence will put everyone on the same page. Any kind of governing body would be skeletal in form and held accountable by the collective opinions and feelings of the people. So yeah, this kind of stuff is starting to develop right now. I would hope that, within 50 years, collective intelligence will begin to correct the path of humanity towards a beautiful future.
Thursday, February 07, 2008
Can we plan 1000 years into the future?
There will always be variables which are out of our control like ice ages, meteors, other natural disasters and the unexplained. We can steer other factors like the direction of science, technology, our environment and relations with each other.
I challenge people to imagine 1000 years into the future. What condition will the Earth &/or humanity be in? I wonder what kinds of things people would come up with? Will they be positive or negative? I would like people to think of any/all possible aspects, economy, arts, environment, culture, technology, government, etc.
I will accept anything...point form notes, key words, art, essays, etc.
Just provide me with: sex, age, name, background...(I can keep your name private if you would want that?) I can setup an online survey and spot for posting the submitted images and new media artworks.
My hypothesis is that most will lean towards, but not hope for, the extinction of humanity and Earth. Or is that 2 different questions? Will we really be able to move on and survive without Earth? Maybe we could bring the DNA of every animal and lots of seeds? We need a sort of a future space version of Noah’s Ark. Thinking about the emptiness of space, there is so little matter in the universe relative to anti-matter, it’s kind of like we are in the void dimension. I mean, finding another planet like Earth is probably impossible. It’s also interesting to think about our perception of time. In the “big picture” 1000 of our years are, like the matter in this universe, virtually nothing. In some perspectives we were never here or we are already doomed. Is that how close we are to extinction?
Our world is worth fighting for. Even if this reality is something we often question. We must stop and remember that this reality is truly special. Lets come up with a plan to save the planet.
I'm thankful to have another 50 years in this place.
You know I’d love to come back sometime to visit. Who knows?
Peace, Ryan Zacher
(The RZ3000 Project is made possible by The Neo-Futurists)
The time frame is still up in the air...
If you are at all interested in participating please leave a comment or mail me at ryan@RZ3000.com
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