I was holding tight on this, hoping it would peter out with my constant
reminders to the purpose of the list, but we should just nip it in the
bud. Again, this is not a technical list, it is a distinctly
non-technical list. The reasons for this is the constant pessimism that
populates those kinds of lists. No one wants to hear about how their
dreams can't be realized, because some programmer doesn't know how to
code it. Artists have the unique ability to push the technology to meet
their creative dreams. I'm a technologist/artist who has been working
with artists on projects for years. I'm constantly amazed at the way
artists I have worked with have pushed technical boundaries, because they
"didn't know they couldn't." We need to stay open minded to the
possibilities here to further the discussion and not kill it.
> A few days but a dozen posts ago, I suggested we concretize our
> discussions by attempting to add VR to an existing work of art. In
> essence, this would be designing a virtual world as a testbed for
> aesthetic ideas - even if the ideas don't get implemented. So
> far, I've heard votes on the following:
>
I like the idea as an experiment to try, it's a good idea.
> one of the Star Wars movies
> paintings by Vincent Van Gogh
>
> Does anyone have any other suggestions? If we are to do this, we
> should choose a work that many of us find interesting.
>
Above we have a sort of concrete space (Star Wars) and a more
suggested space (the Van Gogh painting). This pushes us in two
completely different directions. There are merits to both. I think that
the Dali space might be a good comprimise.
Kevin
P.S. if you don't see "LIST OWNER HAT ON" anywhere in the message, that
means it isn't. I don't like to do too much list ownering, unless I
really feel I have to.