Science Without Art
Photography and digital art seem to be the driving force for experimentations and new innovations not only in art but in science as well. The Bell Lab very well could be one of those defining influences that force art to meet with science as its experiments helped craft the delivery of art and the influence of sound. Conversely, with the invention of computers, artists were led to ideas of how to drive this technology into the world of art ultimately giving birth to graphic design and the digital art era. Often people leave science out of the discussion when it comes to art, however, without art would the voyager have sent a carefully curated collection of music and sounds off into space on a golden record?
As we move forward into the digital world of art, it would be wise to finally give credit to the medium as not just a hobby but a force that drives the world and provides critical thinking skills that simulate science and community.
Noteworthy
- Fluxus, an art movement in the 1960s-1970s is similar to Dada (early 1900s/WWI), in that it is experimental art that expands traditional practices to toilets and theater. Personally, I feel it's a direct nod to Dadaism and at times seems lazy and unintentional while producing "art' that is forgettable. Dada was a direct response to a social issue while Fluxus seems more like a child's experimentation of a new toy.
- Laszlo Moholy Nagy (early 1900s) it's as if every graphic designer from Cal Arts stole his work and regurgitated it as their own. He was an artist of the Bauhaus era and arguably the first graphic designer.
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