#10 Beyond Pixels: Digital Art's Rising Cultural Significance
#10 Beyond Pixels: Digital Art's Rising Cultural Significance
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This edition highlights the growing prominence of digital art, underscored by MoMA's latest addition and insights from the recent Art+Tech Report. Dive in to explore the captivating works of Zach Lieberman, Kim Asendorf, and Petra Cortright.
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News Digest
MoMA Addition: MoMA adds Refik Anadol's "Unsupervised" and Ian Cheng's "3FACE" to its collection, highlighting digital art's growing cultural relevance.
Art+Tech Report: The 2023 report reveals that 83% of respondents believe digital art holds the same significance as traditional art forms.
Spotlight on Anne Spalter: Berlin's Expanded gallery showcases "Art Fox," where she merges AI and human intuition, exploring art's value perceptions.
Digital Highlight
Zach Lieberman, based in New York, makes art with code, specializing in experimental drawing and animation tools. He shares daily sketches, with recent ones being standout digital works.
Notable Insight
“Digital art licensed by the artist or collector with global distribution in immersive environments will be the norm.”
The inclination towards licensing digital art for global distribution is still a fresh idea. Immersive platforms are facilitating new art experiences, but the potential extends beyond that.
Digital art can be displayed anywhere there's a screen, catering to the right context and audience in real life. This shift, when combined with blockchain, has the potential to uphold artists' and collectors' rights and revenues in the digital age.
Sale Spotlight
Kim Asendorf, born in Germany, crafts abstract visuals using algorithms. His work has been displayed at various events and institutions.
„Cargo is a series of abstract paintings created with animated pixels that are constantly moving without ever repeating. It is painting new patterns on the fly in between macro and micro compositions with a duality of different rhythms and continuous synchronicity.“
Artist to Watch
Petra Cortright's “999flower” series originates from a singular master digital file of painted digital elements and photographed still lifes of flowers.
Through automated scripts, layers were randomly transformed, shifted, and rearranged, resulting in 999 distinctive pieces—each originating identically but culminating in digital chaos.
Tech & Texture
For his RarePass drop, Matt Kane crafted "Contractual Obligations" as “Act 1”. Among other visuals, the artwork features AI-generated images of burning bridges, emphasizing his viewpoint on the collaboration.
Through this work, he addresses art intermediaries, urging them to see artists as partners and to prioritize reciprocity and balance.
Closing Remarks
As we conclude this issue, it's evident that digital art is not just a fleeting trend. There's even potential in licensing it in new forms of distribution. However, criticism of intermediaries underlines the evolving dynamics in this space.
Thanks for reading, and keep exploring digital art.