artistically techy.
i don’t own a cellphone, and a lot of people give me flack about that … luddite, hippie, stubborn, all those sorts of discussions. the thing is, i do love technology. i just like to pick and chose my technology, and i like the idea of chosing one’s technology based on values, needs, costs (environmental and social more so than economic), and personal idiosyncracies and preference. in other words, i don’t think we should feel obligated to adopt new technologies just because they are new (as is the case with genetically-modified foods, for example … or sheep for that matter.)
anyway, all this to say that jonathon harris is the sort of techy i relate to. this is an artist, or at least a very creative individual, who happens to use a medium that has one of the most vast canvases imaginable (i.e., the internet, and all that accompanies it).
check out this talk (it is only about 15 minutes), and then try to tell me that computer programming can’t be art!
c.
