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The Art of Technology, The Technology of Art

2024/7/3
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Simon Denny: 本人认为艺术家长期以来一直在应对技术变革，并表达出在新技术时代生存的切身感受。从早期的洞穴壁画到如今的计算机，艺术始终与技术发展息息相关。在创作过程中，我关注的是新兴技术平台的可能性，以及技术如何改变人们体验和使用这些平台的方式。我将博物馆世界与加密世界结合起来，探索新技术平台的可能性，例如浏览器、iPhone 和社交媒体，以及生成式艺术和区块链。我个人对设计新系统的那些人很感兴趣，因为这些新系统改变了人们体验和使用它们的方式。我被科技会议上创业者的乐观态度所激励，这与我当时艺术界的批判性氛围形成对比。我被价值体系的美感所吸引，并开始参加科技会议，创作关于科技会议的艺术作品。在德国学习期间，我对科技史产生了浓厚兴趣，并开始关注新兴技术如何改变艺术家的创作方式。iPhone 的推出结合了强大的营销、连贯的世界观和设计霸权等因素，让我对科技与艺术的交叉点产生了兴趣。移动和社交媒体的出现使得艺术家能够以前无法实现的创作成为可能。NFT 的有趣之处在于文化资产和金融容器是同一事物。区块链作为一种媒介，其独特的之处在于文化资产和金融容器是同一事物。艺术家们对区块链的兴趣，一部分源于其结算的即时性和直接性，以及艺术家能够从二级市场交易中获得补偿的可能性。生成艺术在区块链上找到了其“原生”媒介，因为区块链技术能够支持生成艺术作品的创作和分发。我认为艺术创作是发现和组合事物，而不是发明事物。我从维基解密泄露的美国国家安全局文件中获得创作灵感，并将其与历史上的艺术作品进行对比。我对创业文化很感兴趣，并创作了关于创业者的艺术作品。我关注的是技术如何改变艺术，以及艺术家如何随着技术而改变。 Sonal Chokshi: 本集探讨了技术如何改变艺术，以及艺术家如何随着技术而改变，涵盖了从浏览器、iPhone 和社交媒体到生成式艺术和区块链等多个方面。艺术与科技共同发展，艺术家不仅创作关于区块链的作品，也在区块链上创作。本集将探讨 Simon Denny 的艺术实践，以及他如何看待技术与艺术的交叉点。NFT 的兴起，以及其与主流艺术界的融合，是推动加密艺术进入大众视野的关键因素。生成艺术在区块链上找到了其“原生”媒介，因为区块链技术能够支持生成艺术作品的创作和分发。

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The chapter explores the historical interplay between technology and art, highlighting how artists have adapted to new mediums and how technology has redefined creative expression.
  • Artists have long dealt with technological changes, expressing the feelings of inhabiting new technological moments.
  • Technology has constantly rewritten how we express creativity, from anatomy understanding to industrial era machines.
  • Today, artists are not just creating work about blockchain but also on blockchain, changing the artist's relationship to their work.

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We know that technology has changed art, and that artists have evolved with every new technology — it’s a tale as old as humanity, moving from cave paintings to computers. Underlying these movements are endless debates around inventing versus remixing; between commercialism and art; between mainstream canon and fringe art; whether we’re living in an artistic monoculture now (the answer may surprise you); and much much more. 

So in this new episode featuring Berlin-based contemporary artist Simon Denny -- in conversation with a16z crypto editor in chief Sonal Chokshi -- we discuss all of the above debates. We also cover how artists experimented with the emergence of new technology platforms like the web browser, the iPhone, Instagram and social media; to how generative art found its “native” medium on blockchains, why NFTs; and other art movements. 

Denny also thinks of entrepreneurial ideas -- from Peter Thiel's to Chris Dixon's Read Write Own -- as an "aesthetic"; and thinks of technology artifacts (like NSA sketches!) as art -- reflecting all of these in his works across various mediums and contexts. How has technology changed art, and more importantly, how have artists changed with technology? How does art change our place in the world, or span beyond space? It's about optimism, and seeing things anew... all this and more in this episode.

 

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