I'd say art. I don't see how making it with a typewriter means it's less than, say, painting.
In my opinion we should judge whether something's art or not on a sort of piece-by-piece basis. There's no one definition that can be applied to everything. And what's art for one person won't be for someone else.
Have you read his bio? He sounds like he was quite an amazing man. I don't know what his skill level would have been as a chess player but anybody who regularly played against a computer has got to be pretty good!
I don't know about the rest of you but it would never have even occurred to me to try to make pictures on a typewriter - I mean of this detail and sophistication. I guess we've all probably make some kind on a typewriter, but never took it to this extent. Those of us who are old enough to have used one to begin with.
Of course it's music:
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Woz played this kinda stuff on the old Altair floppy drives, before he started his career as a dancer, natch.
I'd say art. I don't see how making it with a typewriter means it's less than, say, painting.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion we should judge whether something's art or not on a sort of piece-by-piece basis. There's no one definition that can be applied to everything. And what's art for one person won't be for someone else.
Have you read his bio? He sounds like he was quite an amazing man. I don't know what his skill level would have been as a chess player but anybody who regularly played against a computer has got to be pretty good!
I don't know about the rest of you but it would never have even occurred to me to try to make pictures on a typewriter - I mean of this detail and sophistication. I guess we've all probably make some kind on a typewriter, but never took it to this extent. Those of us who are old enough to have used one to begin with.
Sure, it's art. But I just don't think it's very interesting art. If it hadn't been made with a typewriter, only his family would ever have cared.
ReplyDeleteMaybe. I admire the technique anyway.
ReplyDeleteIt seems that the link on this post is gone, now; here is another one I just watched, tonight... Pretty incredible...
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ReplyDeleteYou're welcome; glad you liked it...
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