Readings 2

INTERACTIVITY AND AGENCY IN REAL TIME SYSTEMS

·      Transitioning from Object oriented to a Systems oriented culture, meaning not focusing on the things, or objects, but how they are done.

·      “One of the artist’s responsibilities would be to magnify how “technology uses us.”” (Burnham 1969: 146)

·      Gell talks about “art becoming enfranchised as an art object”, therefore you can only talk about it in art context, nothing else.  It’s interesting that he didn’t want to label his examples as art in order for it not to be group or label as such because he wanted it to be discussed in other context.

·      I liked that Burnham and Gell both viewed art as more than an object, as processes and doings.    I also liked how they mention that art is limited in what it can be in the institutions because they like to label and put boundaries on what art is and can be.

·      “Doing” “Doing theories of art shift the focus from the aesthetics of art objects to the aesthetics of relationships, between people and their environments. “The organic connection between art and its environment is so meaningful and necessary that removing one from the other results in abortion.” (Kaprow 1961: 85)”

o   I like how they focus on “Doing” not as in the actual, but focusing on the relationship people and their environment.

·       “Systems can be static/dynamic Õ which can be linear/closed loop Õ which can be recirculating/selfregulating Õ which can be first-/second order Õ which can be self-adjusting/learning.”

DON’T GIVE UP!  MEDIA ART AS AN ENDLESS CONVERSATIONAL PROCESS

·      Media Art as having blurred and complex boundaries.  I like this particular statement, meaning that others realize the potential and almost limitless boundaries.  You cannot necessarily just stop and say that it is done, because it can always be improved upon and made better.

·      Simple ideas and plans are a good start, but even the most simple plan is complex with many components.

·      Always seek other people opinions and examples when working, it can lead to bigger, more broad ideas that you may not have realized at first.