AbenteuerZeit

Hello to those who follow this here page, or anyone else that stumbles on it I suppose. You may have noticed that this here page has been rather dead as of late. This is due to several things: 1. I am no longer in college 2. I have an internship that keeps me busy 3. Much of my creative focus these days is on creating glitch art/databending pieces.I am quite proud of the work that I create, however I find that Deviant Art is not the ideal venue to showcase these pieces. Many of the pieces I create use other people's art as a basis, and I would rather not become embroiled in conflicts that may arise as a result. If you are interested in see...

So today for my art course I read Walter Benjamin's "Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction." While perhaps a little antiquated, I nevertheless enjoyed it and would recommend it, the full text can be found at http://design.wishiewashie.com/HT5/WalterBenjaminTheWorkofArt.pdf I figured my response to it is related to what I do here on this site, and figured I would share it:I found Benjamin's discussion of auras particularly interesting, and it definitely struck a chord with my own experiences. For instance, when I was in Paris; I had seen many photos of various pieces in the Louvre, but actually being there and seeing them in person had ...

So I realize I only have like, 4 followers,  but I figured I'd just let everyone know that I'll probably start posting more things soon. Summer's finally here so I have some free time again. I'm also currently putting together some time lapsed footage of the making of a piece I'm currently working on. I've captured the process of making the vector from a sketch so far, but I haven't worked on it in Photoshop yet. Basically I'm trying to decide whether I should include all of what I do in PS, seeing as there is a lot of experimentation before I get to a final design. We'll see. Cheers all.