POST BY PADDY JOHNSON
How good are we at identifying artists within a crowd of technologists? I asked myself this question at Rhizome’s Seven on Seven last weekend, a conference asking technologists and artists to pair up and create a work of art in 24 hours. Everyone looked like an artist.
In the interest of finding out if readers are more discerning than me, I put together a short picture quiz asking people to identify those pictured as either an artist or technologist. Prove your eye savvy.
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Artists and Technologists have very interchangeable attires.
Artists and Technologists have very interchangeable attires.
Artists and Technologists have very interchangeable attires.
Artists and Technologists have very interchangeable attires.
This is one of the things I kept thinking about when I originally saw the list of participants. Most if not all of those artists are already working with technology, and most if not all of the technologists make art on their own as well (I’ve seen one of the technologists give an artist talk recently, in fact). I’m all for cool teams and collaborating, and I think the event – as far as I can tell from a distance – was a huge success. But it made a weird polarization where there isn’t one – you could have switched labels on most of those folks, and no one would have noticed. Personally, I find the blurring of labels and disciplines more interesting than the dichotomy, and wish it had been billed that way.
This is one of the things I kept thinking about when I originally saw the list of participants. Most if not all of those artists are already working with technology, and most if not all of the technologists make art on their own as well (I’ve seen one of the technologists give an artist talk recently, in fact). I’m all for cool teams and collaborating, and I think the event – as far as I can tell from a distance – was a huge success. But it made a weird polarization where there isn’t one – you could have switched labels on most of those folks, and no one would have noticed. Personally, I find the blurring of labels and disciplines more interesting than the dichotomy, and wish it had been billed that way.
This is one of the things I kept thinking about when I originally saw the list of participants. Most if not all of those artists are already working with technology, and most if not all of the technologists make art on their own as well (I’ve seen one of the technologists give an artist talk recently, in fact). I’m all for cool teams and collaborating, and I think the event – as far as I can tell from a distance – was a huge success. But it made a weird polarization where there isn’t one – you could have switched labels on most of those folks, and no one would have noticed. Personally, I find the blurring of labels and disciplines more interesting than the dichotomy, and wish it had been billed that way.
This is one of the things I kept thinking about when I originally saw the list of participants. Most if not all of those artists are already working with technology, and most if not all of the technologists make art on their own as well (I’ve seen one of the technologists give an artist talk recently, in fact). I’m all for cool teams and collaborating, and I think the event – as far as I can tell from a distance – was a huge success. But it made a weird polarization where there isn’t one – you could have switched labels on most of those folks, and no one would have noticed. Personally, I find the blurring of labels and disciplines more interesting than the dichotomy, and wish it had been billed that way.
This is one of the things I kept thinking about when I originally saw the list of participants. Most if not all of those artists are already working with technology, and most if not all of the technologists make art on their own as well (I’ve seen one of the technologists give an artist talk recently, in fact). I’m all for cool teams and collaborating, and I think the event – as far as I can tell from a distance – was a huge success. But it made a weird polarization where there isn’t one – you could have switched labels on most of those folks, and no one would have noticed. Personally, I find the blurring of labels and disciplines more interesting than the dichotomy, and wish it had been billed that way.
My experiment was to call the women artists and the men technologists. Happily, I scored 5/12.
My experiment was to call the women artists and the men technologists. Happily, I scored 5/12.
My experiment was to call the women artists and the men technologists. Happily, I scored 5/12.
My experiment was to call the women artists and the men technologists. Happily, I scored 5/12.
My experiment was to call the women artists and the men technologists. Happily, I scored 5/12.
This is funny and true
This is funny and true
This is funny and true
This is funny and true
This is funny and true
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