Adam Brown – Intermedia and Evolutionary Biology
Part of the Shift in Digital Arts bonus panel
Gordon Moore in 1965; projected development of integrated circuit. Moore’s Law: doubling computer capacity and speed every 2 years, while cost goes down (this has proven true, and has held true for 40 years).
Resulting for the high pace of tech evolution, what is the role of the artist?
Intermedia – described interdisciplinary art activity prevalent in 1960’s. Everywhere today. Fusing of ideas, theories and materials are ubiquitous. Video art, concrete poetry, installation, etc.
Platypus is a great example in nature of intermedia; it’s DNA contains everything from amphibian to strangely human-like. Acoel Flatworm – part plant, part animal
“Life did not take over the globe by combat, but by networking.”
Even the human body is a self-contained eco-system – 12 lb of bodyweight is other organisms.
Will the artist be absorbed into other areas of creative inquiry thus making the utpoian phrase “everyone is an artist” a reality?