Experiments in art : digital : life

Our latest video entitled, Data Loss, will be premiering this Friday, March 16 at Links Hall in Chicago as part of Arte No Es Facil. Data Loss is comprised of the binary translation of all communication between the artists and their partners in Cuba as they attempted to configure and realize a work in partnership. Simultaneously confronting the limitations and possibilities of digital communication, language, and physical distance, Data Loss is the story of the creative potential so often lost in translation.

ARTE NO ES FÁCIL is a project “based in creating relationships beyond pictures between Cuba and the US through the manifestation of art. The project seeks to create a two-way passage for dialogue, collaboration, and information between our two countries by establishing connections between artists separated by location and context, yet sharing an interest in form, content or strategy.”

Should educational materials be provided for free? There’s been a large movement over the past several years that says “yes!!”

Here’s a good background article from the New York Times.

Unfortunately, there don’t seem to be many classes in the visual arts – at least not that I’ve seen. I hope that can change.

Access is key!

Okay – the next phase of the UPP has launched: get in on it on Facebook.

Do you know how many friends your brain can handle? Well, one guy thinks that it’s 150. And that counts for Facebook too.

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