Re: [microsound] call for content | Digital Salvage v.1

[The pHarmanaut <pharmanaut@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm a bit skeptical of Manovich's thesis, particularly because it buys into
what is, essentially, a view of art that over-emphasizes a unilateral
movement from screen to viewer. Some of the most interesting net.art I've
seen is so valuable and engaging because of the way it involves multiple
participants in the creation process, and because the creation process is
less defined by finished product. I'm not saying that cinema is passive,
that's not the issue. If the film is good, then there should be a lot of
intellectual/emotional action on the part of the viewer, and I do think that
Manovich realizes that and, for the most part, informs his discussion with
that understanding.

At the same time, I'm really tired of how Flash is praised because it's
interactive. I regret seeing how Flash is being used in many corporate
sites, some net.art, and in the majority of news websites. That is, just
because the site's visitor can click a few buttons and advance a slide show,
or launch part of an animation, or drag-and-drop features on the screen, the
makers of such sites claim their work is interactive. Not necessarily. Even
though their may be more mechanical interaction (the online equivalent of
turning a page?), it doesn't necessarily mean more intellectual or creative
interaction.

-=trace

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kenric McDowell" <kenricm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "microsound" <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: [microsound] call for content | Digital Salvage v.1


> Flash has the potential to be as expressive as cinema (or at least
> contemporary ideas of what defines cinema, according to Lev Manovich's
> 'Language of New Media' animation is just a subset of cinema as moving
> image) but the environment in which most Flash based net art is viewed
does
> not confer the same reverence as a large projection in a theater.
>
> -km
>
>
> > There may be confusion as to what is meant by "new". Are we talking
> > about a new idea or a new look? If your medium is flexible enough, you
> > will always be able to bring about new ideas. I can't imagine how
> > painting could reach a point where no more new ideas could be expressed
> > through it. It may be, however, that something like Flash is not
> > flexible enough to be expressive outside of a small realm.
> > I don't know, I haven't used it.
> >
> > -- jeremy avnet / brainsik .:. Public Key at
http://brainsik.to/pubkey.asc
>
>
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