> Sometimes the most interesting art is that which
> consolidates rather than makes technical or even
> aesthetic breakthroughs.

Word. As some dude put it: "It's not about innovation, but iteration."

-Vijay


On 19/11/06, Michael Szpakowski <szpako@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Salvatore
> I don't see why things always have to be new.
> Sometimes the most interesting art is that which
> consolidates rather than makes technical or even
> aesthetic breakthroughs.
> Schoenberg made a breakthrough in 20th century art
> music but his pupils Berg and Webern are much the more
> interesting and durable composers.
> I realy like this work by Patrick.
> It is elegant in the extreme - it appeals to our
> appreciation & understanding of his technical skill &
> of his own sense of where he lies in an ongoing
> tradition ( both of his and others' making -he is
> truly the *Prince of the Pixel*), but the end result
> is also somehow touching (not in a weak sentimental
> sense, but in the sense of reaching us emotionally in
> a complex way). So complex stuff to chew on but to an
> affective end…enough to make an excellent start in
> my book..
> I would like to ask three questions of Patrick:
> (1)Is there some software that automates pixel by
> pixel or small chunk by small chunk colour analysis of
> the images, or did you have to do it by hand with the
> eye dropper thing ( forgive me if there *is* &
> everyone but me knows it!)
> (2) Why a width of 5 or 3 and not single pixels -does
> the html page become impossibly big at 1?
> (3) Why is the refresh rate on the movies set so long?
> –10 secs, I think–was it trial and error to do with
> load time? I longed for pseudo cinematic motion,
> [which can, in fact, be achieved by the viewer, once
> the images have cycled through once, by using the
> browser forward & back buttons]
> best
> michael
>
> — salvatore.iaconesi@fastwebnet.it wrote:
>
> > i know i don't have all the "titles" and that it
> > might sound a foolish
> > question:
> >
> > but haven't loads of folks been doing this stuff?
> >
> > even i've been doing this stuff, and i'm the
> > laaaaaast little meaningless one
> > of a crowd…
> >
> > yes, yes, i know, you/we all grab stuff and attach
> > meanings to it. we all do.
> > and blablabla…
> >
> > but isn't there something more interesting to
> > "Spotlight"? :)
> >
> > this is meant to be a constructive criticism.
> >
> >
> > >—-Messaggio originale—-
> > >Dal: turbulence@turbulence.org
> > >Data: 17/11/2006 23.59
> > >A: "Jo-Anne Green"<jo@turbulence.org>
> > >Ogg: RHIZOME_RAW: Turbulence Spotlight:
> > "Tabula Visum: Tabular Vision
> > & HTML Cinema" by Patrick Lichty
> > >
> > >November 17, 2006
> > >Turbulence Spotlight: "Tabula Visum: Tabular Vision
> > & HTML Cinema" by
> > >Patrick Lichty
> > >http://turbulence.org/spotlight/lichty
> > >
> > >Both static and dynamic digital images have often
> > been represented as
> > >'translated' images, reinterpreted from an
> > intermediate image file stored on
> > >the web. Beginning with these files, Lichty has
> > translated the images and
> > >videos to pure HTML code. As such, they represent a
> > very 'direct' method of
> > >representation in the browser. In addition, there
> > is a time-based element
> > >that occurs when the tables load into the browser.
> > Thus, "HTML Cinema" has
> > >two dimensions; the time of the load, and the time
> > of the serial.
> > >
> > >Many of these images are excerpts from Lichty's
> > wristcam photography and
> > >video works. After conversion to pure code, several
> > of the pages were
> > >unmanageable; therefore, they are a hybrid of code
> > and console handicraft by
> > >the artist.
> > >
> > >BIOGRAPHY
> > >
> > >Patrick Lichty is a technologically-based
> > conceptual artist, writer,
> > >independent curator, animator for the activist
> > group "The Yes Men," and
> > >Executive Editor of Intelligent Agent Magazine. His
> > work spans over 15
> > >years, dealing with media narrative/criticism and
> > information aesthetics, in
> > >many different contexts. He works in diverse
> > technological media, including
> > >painting, mobile media, printmaking, kinetics,
> > video, VR, generative music,
> > >and neon. Venues in which Lichty has been involved
> > with solo and
> > >collaborative works include the Whitney Biennial
> > and the International
> > >Symposium on the Electronic Arts (ISEA). Lichty is
> > a faculty member in the
> > >Interactive Arts and Media Department at Columbia
> > College Chicago.
> > >
> > >For more Turbulence Spotlights please visit
> > http://turbulence.org/spotlight/
> > >
> > >Jo-Anne Green, Co-Director
> > >New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc.:
> > http://new-radio.org
> > >New York: 917.548.7780 . Boston: 617.522.3856
> > >Turbulence: http://turbulence.org
> > >New American Radio: http://somewhere.org
> > >Networked_Performance Blog:
> > http://turbulence.org/blog
> > >Upgrade! Boston: http://turbulence.org/upgrade
> > >
> > >
> > >
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