Which way for art dot com?
Science can take credit for digital technology. And Google is evidence of how accepted digital is by the business world. But has the art world fully embraced digital connectivity yet?
Plenty of art has. See Postsecret, Grafedia, Golan Levin, We Feel Fine without even dipping ones digital toe. But not much digital art seems to be celebrated by the establishment. Where is the digital art gallery?
Ondotzero commissioned Dandelion for the V&A. The Tate has embraced MySpace in its Tate Tracks initiative and Flickr in its How We Are Now exhibition. These are great but feel like the flirtatious early stages.
How will it blossom? What needs to be done to take the art gallery digital? Will it look like MYARTSPACE? Hyper thinks it’ll be a little more amazing than that.
Posted by: Ben at wondertime on Friday, 2nd November 2007
Hey Tom, I didn't mean to criticise MyArtSpace so much as point out that so much more could be done to embrace digtial art and digital consumption of art. MAS seems a great art site. I'll have to take your word on the interviews for now but I'll check them out.
Posted by: Ben
Whose url is http://www.hyperhappen.com
Myartspace has a long way to go, but I think they are a bit closer than some of the other sites at this time. Everyone knows that deviantART is a monster in this industry, but Myartspace is a bit more respected in the mainstream artworld. It will be interested to see how they grow and manage themselves as they become larger. The interviews are great. I just read an interview with Alex Grey and James Rosenquist there. Still, that is just content, but it is a unique touch. I put the link to the blog in the url space. Hope that is ok.
Posted by: Bris
Whose url is http://www.myartspace.com/blog
Have you seen www.myartspace.com lately? Much has changed since this post was made. Considering the fact that they just had an exhibit in the Chelsea Art District I think you might want to reconsider the validity of online art galleries. You can find out more here www.myartspace.com/weekly and their interviews are always good www.myartspace.com/interviews . How many online art sites can say that have interviewed Michael Craig Martin?
Posted by: Tom