Digital Art as Literature

October 10th, 2006

Even though when we first started watching the clips from the internet with the obnoxious Chinese music and the huge bold words that fly across the screen so fast to complete a small story that doesn’t really makes sense but in a way does, they do have some connection to literature and are in a way, art in my opinion. I don’t find them necessarily “fun” to watch because it takes some time to really grasp what you’re watching but for the artist or the author of the pieces of work, it was probably fun for him or her to create it. I found the first digital piece, with the Chinese music, very frustrating. My frustration was probably due to the music mostly but also from how fast you had to read the words to put the pieces of the story together. The second one, with the lies that everyone adds to the website, I found a lot more interesting because of the random people that have visited the website and added their own specific lie to add to it. It makes you wonder who wrote it, how they found the website, and why did they chose to write that lie. Although the clips when first viewed are confusing as hell and sometimes annoying, I think they should looked at as art because only the author or the artist will ever understand the real meaning behind the piece of work.

2 Responses to “Digital Art as Literature”

  1. Brian Campbell Says:

    I definantly agree with you. I thought that they were frustrating to try and comprend.

  2. rnbostonrobert Says:

    I like how you approach this as art. I also agree that the music was frustrating. The whole concept makes “you” think of what the author is really getting at. I enjoyed reading this post!

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