block prints to see

Choose an image. What do you think the work is about? How is this communicated to us?

“Bad Advice I” by Mike Houston

I think this work is about someone who is unsure of what their path in life is going to be and that if not picked young, you’re going be stuck on a unwanted path. It communicates to us through the level of detail that was put into the block. The artist chose to put a frame around this one moment in time. You can see that maybe that the gentleman has been there for a long time and it is time for the next person to play. There is so much going on that it takes a long time to grasp the full perception of what is going on. I think this image is a very strong image.

computer art

http://www.artpapers.org/feature_articles/article1.htm

               

JODI, screenshot from 404.jodi.org, 1997, website (courtesy of JODI)

This article is about the up rise in computer art. Ever since the computer was invented and released to the public and had internet there was a common thing going with it. With the internet came the viruses and worms to ruin programs. There was however folks who looked at the error message reading “error 404”, and looking at this as computer art. As the years progressed and technology advance so did the ability of sites that generate this computer art.

               

JODI, GEOGOO, 2009, website: http://geogoo.net/ (courtesy of JODI)

The picture above was done on what looks to be a Google map with all the icons for places.  I found this out to be very quick to see how easy it is to make this. One of the understandings I found was that a simple computer coding issue can become the next big thing in art.