Dorothy R. Santos, Ph.D.

Contemporary vs. Post-Modern vs. Post Post Modern

8/19/2011

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Art and Technology, Art Writing and Criticism, Conceptual, Fluxus, Social Networking, Theory, Virtual Art

Currently working on a piece about New Media work by Joseph DeLappe and the Tool Shed Days art collective. Quite honestly, I’ve been working on this piece for the past couple of weeks off and on because I wanted to explore the notion of the new media artists re-interpreting virtual space as a public place for protest and civil disobedience. I believe I’m onto something. In any case, I need to get the piece done and with a fairly open Sunday, I think I can really (truly) punch something out. Wish me luck.

Oh yeah…about the subject line…’Contemporary vs. Post-Modern vs. Post Post Modern’…Where do you think New Media artists reside on the spectrum? I’m curious. Please feel free to answer the poll below and share your thoughts.

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art writing / joseph delappe / postaday2011 / tool shed days / writing / writing practice / zero1

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Art Practical’s Best of: Year Two

8/18/2011

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Art Writing and Criticism

Click on the images below… 🙂

One of the best tweets (ever)

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A description of Shotgun Reviews on Art Practical by Alyse Mason Brill (an AMAZING editor, by the way)!

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What Alyse had to say about my piece on Tim Roseborough's work, "Notes in/troducing Englyph

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Art Practical / postaday2011 / shotgun reviews / tim roseborough

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Art Hero ~ Carlos Villa, Painter

8/17/2011

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Art, Artist’s Studio, Painting, Visual Arts

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carlos villa / filipino art / filipino art history / painting / postaday2011 / San Francisco Art Institute / visual arts

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BreakTIME

8/16/2011

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Art Writing and Criticism

This will be short and sweet. Promise.

I went to dinner with a couple of amazing friends (who so happen to be a phenomenal couple) and they mentioned something very important. Taking time to take it easy. Lately, I’ve been a machine. Quite frankly, I’ve been feeling like this poor automaton…

Bottom line: There are certain things I see and believe I can take in when in reality, I need to take a step back. I’m maintaining a solid writing practice and loving my experiences BUT today I’m going start taking one evening every week to chill out. That will probably start around 6. Maybe 6:30. Perhaps, 7. 😀

PS: To those folks that remind me to take a break…Thank you so much for reminding me I need one. Sometimes, I forget.

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art writing / postaday2011 / writing practice

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Call to Action

8/15/2011

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Art, Art History, Art Writing and Criticism, Culture Criticism, Philosophy, Theory

Artists and writers must be brought back into the bosom of the community, or at least, if the latter is considered to be ill, they must be assigned the task of healing it.

~ Jean-Francois Lyotard, French Philosopher and Literary Theorist

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art and philosophy / jean-francois lyotard / post modernism / postaday2011

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Summer of Smart Overview

8/14/2011

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Art and Technology, Creative Coding | Programming, Digital Art, Graphic Design, Internet Art, Multi Media, Social Networking, Virtual Art

Summer of Smart: Democracy in the Digital Age from GAFFTA on Vimeo.

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advocacy / arts and technology / civic action / creative coding / gaffta / gray area foundation for the arts / hackathon / postaday2011 / summer of smart 2011

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new/exploration/paper: Works by Nicole Aptekar – Part II

8/13/2011

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Art, Sculpture, Visual Arts

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bay area / gallery show / nicole aptekar / opening / postaday2011 / San Francisco / satellite66 / tenderloin / valerie leavy

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new/exploration/paper: Works by Nicole Aptekar – Part I

8/12/2011

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Art, Sculpture, Visual Arts

Storefront view of the Valerie Leavy's Satellite66 Gallery

Entering new/exploration/paper show

Aptekar's work had many admirers (myself included)

Thanks Laszlo, Laser cut bristol board (28 sheets), laser cut mat board – Inspired by A IX, by Laszlo Moholy-Nagy

Detail of Thanks Laszlo

What a great suit…

Remnants from the creative process

Residuals of brilliant, meticulous art and design

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bay area / gallery show / nicole aptekar / opening / postaday2011 / San Francisco / satellite66 / tenderloin / valerie leavy

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10K Hours of Practice

8/11/2011

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Art and Technology, Creative Coding | Programming, Digital Art, Internet Art, Multi Media, Virtual Art

Tonight, the Processing 101 class at Gray Area Foundation for the Arts (GAFFTA) concluded and after the 4-day course, I know the (very) basics of Processing, which is a programming language developed for the visual artist in mind. The course was taught by extraordinary teacher, Ben Chun. The primary reason I decided to participate was to learn and engage with the very technology used by new media artists and I figured learning and exploring the language would inform my writing and reflections. The course has, absolutely, done that. Chun reminded the class that programming takes (a lot of) practice. Specifically, he mentioned practicing for approximately 10,000 hours in order to master a skill, which I whole heartedly believe. I think I found me a new hobby, folks…

Now…only 9,992 hours of Processing and Creative Coding practice…and so it begins. 🙂

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ben chun / creative coding / gaffta / gray area foundation for the arts / postaday2011 / programming

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Playing with Mud: Discovering Human + Computer Interaction

8/10/2011

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Art and Technology, Creative Coding | Programming, Multi Media, Social Networking

Processing, Programming Language and Environment developed by Ben Fry and Casey Reas helped create Mud Tub

The past couple of weeks have been a great introduction into Processing. Processing is the programming language developed by Ben Fry and Casey Reas. Being the complete novice, it has been quite the experience. What’s even more exciting than learning a new language is seeing designers, artists, engineers, architects, educators, and so many different creative minds (some with very little to no programming experience – I fall into this category) learn the language and create interactive works that will astonish you. Going through the Processing exhibition page, I had to share my latest discovery – Mud Tub! Please click on the image above to see how this artist and his team utilize open source programming for this phenomenal experiment in human and computer interaction

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creative coding / mud tub / open source / postaday2011 / processing / programming / tom gerhardt

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