Tuesday, November 26, 2013

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." 

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