a corner turned

[mark g]

its been a while since I have been on here....in the past there have been discussions re selling digital images, well, recently I was asked to contribute some work to an exhibition, and decided to contribute some SA images as giclee limited edition prints, I was advised these wouldnt sell..as they were not "real" artworks.........

well they did sell!..in fact proportionally more than the "real art".......hurrah!

[Thorrific]

Congratulations!

[Rondan]

Bravo!

[mark g]

thanks...since putting this post up...someone has complained to the organiser about me putting in digital work..looks like the public voted with their chequebooks tho....ha ha

[Chris Northcross]

As far as digital vs real art, art is art is art. How it gets there is irrelevant at this point, in my opinion. Its just as easy to slap some paint on a real canvas as it is a digital one. That said, you still need to have the courage, patience and insight to know what's art and what's a mess. The masses seem to think your work falls into the latter category. I think that speaks volumes about which camp you fall into.

Congratulations Mark!

[mark g]

i agree Chris, Its inspired me to show more work!

[liveart]

I am constantly amused by this "digital" divide in the art community. I have been making and selling digital pieces since 1984. If Leonardo were alive today... oh, wait.. he is and his name is John Dalton. (actually JD is far more generous with his secrets than LdV ever was).

The definition of digital art by the way now includes instruments that are actuated by digital controllers i.e. robotic music. There are some collectors (too few) that specialize in digital creations. So in some ways the digital print might simply be the most prosaic type of digital art.

For my weekend show I described both the process and the product separately. The process being a live performance of moving images created with a visual synthesizer ( I did mention SA to any who asked) which is both projected and streamed. The product is an artifact, the static capture of an image from one of these live sessions.

I then described the product process-- paint printed on plexi. I did this several hundred times over the course of the weekend, not one person said "that's not art." Scores of people said that they had never seen anything like it, and I expect to generate several private commissions and very likely a new performance date. Fingers crossed on all of that of course.

Congratulations Mark. Your work is great and I am happy that you pocketbook can provide a bit of reinforcement to your artistic conviction.

[mark g]

thanx Mike,would be curious to see your work that u mention