The final solar print does not look like a typical digital print. It is, by virtue of its limitations, simpler and more abstract than perhaps most digital prints. I see this is an alternative to the exotic optical effects of full color digital imaging, a seeking for something more austere, perhaps a bit of understatement with reserves.
Collaborations went beyond the core exhibitions at SDAI's Museum of the Living Artist, bringing together traditional with digital art, a variety of art programs as well as a fugue of visual interpretations of the Institute's leaders.
I sometimes wonder what the reaction of the art world, the so called knowledgeable people, would be if they had no way of identifying a work as digitally produced as in my White Lotus 3.
A direct cellular automata animated convolution, using Life or Brian's Brain, of Van Gogh's Sunflower paintings adds a subtle, scintillating effect to the originals.
When juxtaposition, transparency and color are invoked in a digital workflow, they often lead to rich and unexpected works, partly because these are interactive, at your finger tips, fast and efficient. In yet other cases, subtly different because digitally handled qualities are present in seemingly traditional images.
Who are the Popes of the art establishment that reign in comfort, clothed in regal clothing? How does the digital artist tear away the veils that define what art should look like in the 21st century? What might art look like if we exchanged brillo pads and rags for blend modes and layers of varying opacity?
