![]() ![]() I think it was simply the fact that the viewer had not matured in their understanding of where exactly the human hand lay in digital art, and that it wasn’t just pressing a button! Fast forward to AI art now being accepted, we have come along way, but now people have matured their understanding of where concept and labour sit in the process and award it with trust. The notable absence of recognisable ‘human’ mark-making and texture in digital art created distrust and rejection. The subjectivity of art for the viewer is revered through the emotional connection to human application and the visibility and proximity of such labour through gesture and decision making. The perception to anyone outside tech, or artists using tech was that computers, software and screens were for ‘function’ and office tasks not creativity or sensitivity, but, for those exploring the machine with these new textures and unlimited virtual spaces the possibilities were thrilling. Some of this early scepticism was also founded on the output being limited to either screens or prints. What people had come to understand technology as being: hard and shiny, cold, remote and dystopian, pigeonholed its aesthetic into not having depth or sensitivity or nuance. Firstly, a lot of the artwork early on tended to be tech referential and commenting on where technology was going using the sci-fi tropes and a binary style of the future. I think the view of digital art has been hindered from the beginning by many factors. Thank you for inviting me to speak on such a progressive platform that’s elevating and evolving the conversation. ![]() What do you think it was that hindered its adoption early on? In your view, was its hindrance justified? In the not so distant past, digital art was treated as though a form undeserving of higher honour, this of course has changed with its adoption and transition into yet another cherished medium. Hello Alex, I would like to begin by saying that it’s a profound pleasure to be able to converse with such a compassionate mind who has originated so many ground breaking creative methodologies, and who has nurtured the digital higher arts guiding it into what it is today. ![]()
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