Achievements through this subject: I am keen to start working with Photoshop as i have little knowledge of this application. Working with digital art through means of video, photography, text and mobile. These art mediums are everywhere in our society and yet i pay little attention to creating digital art, as my dominant medium is paint and canvas. I need to further my awareness and understanding to become a confident artist with digital art.
Expectations of this subject: To experiment and explore with different digital mediums and analyse digital art individually and as a whole in society.
Personal Interpretation of Digital Art: Something created/manipulated by means of digital technology.
Rhizome: Time Spent Alone by David Wicks
http://timespentalone.com/destinations/
A "series of daydreams, worries and solitary trips." The digital art only exists on the internet and isnever a fixed art form as views are free to add and build on the artwork.
Some places viewers have added:
WEST END, VANCOUVER "fun people atmosphere and the english bay."
TOKYO "i miss japan."
to get back that feeling that freedom a decade only now
CUBA "someday i hope to meet the rest of my family and visit the beautiful beaches."
ROBERT< SAN FRAN "awesome, oil."
QUIET SEA "to regain my strenght and relax."
ALASKA, "to be truly alone for once."
INTERLAKEN "a beautiful gateway between two lakes."
HONOLULU HAWAII "to eat chinese food."
JOPLIN, MO "because i have no idea whats there."
RIGI SWITZERLAND "look down at switzerland like a bird."
EASTER ISLANDS "to touch those rock faces and make sure they are real."
FANNETTE ISLAND "coffee."
Some places i have added:
CHESKY KRUMOV "for the magical medieval village that it is."
BERLIN "for the art and music"
CARAZ, PERU "to start an adventure."
Time spent alone is a sole adventure where you are taken around the world to places other have listed for various reasons. The solidarity fades as you view more places others list and become to feel like you are all on a virtual adventure together. Hence making the distance of the world much closer and feel touchable.
EXPERIMENTA: Online Art Works
You Were In My Dream - by Isobel Knowles and Van Sowerwine. This online interactive artwork is only a small portion of their real life instillation at Black Box theatre in Melbourne. The online art has minimal interactivity, you are presented with the option to become the main character by uploading a photograph to place on the characters face or choose from the artists faces. The character then engages in activities with some monkeys. The online work was impressive in terms of materials used and design elements as they animated paper cut outs characters and incorporated sound effects, although it was very slow and limited with control for the viewer.
