Made up of 2008+ independent images - Where do you draw the line? is a rhetorical question aimed at society’s popular commercial believes of quantity over quality. We are falling from the shoulders of giants, as we parody, plagiarise, regurgitate, and corrupt the dignified meaning of past progression. Fredric Jameson, speaking on postmodernism, remarks after reflecting on the eighty-or-so years of classical modernism just passed; ‘Picasso, Proust, T.S. Eliot – older models no longer work anymore (for are positively harmful), since nobody has this kind of unique private world and style to express any longer.'
This project was my reply to a 2007 New Media Arts brief which aims to push the boundaries of digital art. The piece highlights the exigency for considered thought leading to unique action in today’s culture. In a sorry world where we can publish yesterdays news and still command accolades.
View the artwork website here.
The piece was awarded a first-class classification by tutors; commended for its engaging concept, beautiful aesthetic construction and mysterious quality.
- Catherine Stones, Claire Openshaw (New Media senior teaching staff, University of Leeds)