Artkrush, the online arts magazine, published a new issue today, about digital art. I find myself asking… is this art? The magazine’s editorial tone seems painfully aware of that question:
While the phrase “digital art” used to evoke thoughts of cheesy Photoshopped dreamscapes and clunky animated GIF graphics, it now applies to an ever-expanding, sophisticated field of interactive web projects, mutated video games, and hacktivist interventions.
Confounding critics who have sounded the death knell throughout its development, Net art has continued to thrive as a conceptual medium for artists and arts organizations.
I decided to side with my personaly interest (bias?), to ignore these “confounded critics” and look for myself, to see whether I liked any of this art.
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