Art App marginalia #1

the discussion refers to
mediated experiences
i look through a lens
i talk through a phone
i email
i watch
i read
i talk walks in the park
i teach art history

everything in this equation begets something
art suffers from this mediation
perhaps that is the gooder question
i go to the art gallery
i read the wall of the art gallery
i look at the art
the artist is telling me something
i know what it is
i don't know what it is

the art app is a direct reflection of this mediation
imagine a art app which reads the artwork for you
or imagine an art app which creates the artwork for you
i walk into the gallery to see the exhibition
i walk into the gallery
and i look through the art app
the art work then exists in two locations
or the artwork only exists in the phone
or the artwork exists only in the hands of you
or the artwork is made again
or the artist is made again
or you are the artist

we live in a world
where inter-face is paramount
we are all blade runner