Discussion Questions for Reading #5

Digital Divide by Claire Bishop

1.

Is there a difference between digital media artists and artists who use digital media? Or does using digital media in any step within the creation of ones art make the artist a digital media artist? What about art versus digital media art? 

2.

Bishop raises an interesting question as to the point of using older technologies when making art. I myself have a dslr camera (new technology), a film camera (old technology) & a fujifilm instax (a new version of the old technology used by Polaroid  cameras). I use all these cameras on a regular basis, but I must admit that only the dslr images show up on my photography page. The other two cameras I use mainly for the kind of art I make just for the love of making it.

So, is old technology only for personal use? Or is there something to be said for art made using old technologies? 

*quote that interests me: As a result of the Information age, "we filter and graze, skim and forward." 

Project 6.2: 3D "The Sequel"

Artist Statement

In all honesty, this is the project I am the least pleased with. That being said, it was a very useful learning experience. Trying to make my sculpture in 3D taught me to think in 3D, to view my object in my mind as it exists on multiple planes. This may seem a simple enough concept, but for me it was harder to grasp. I expect to reference back to this project / the mode of thinking that it taught me, in the future at some point. And for this reason, I am pleased with the personal outcome of this project.