"the purpose of art is to engage people." I don't think I've heard a better definition of art. It is extremely difficult to create an all-inclusive definition of art, as art is not necessarily a universal, independent entity. It is easy to approach art from a "finished product" stage, only looking at the surface level of a finished piece and analyzing it based on appearance or performance.
What if it is the process of creation, something that is not expressed in the final product without background knowledge or research, that truly defines something as art? In class we talked about the work of Clifford Ross, a photographer who builds his own camera equipment in order to capture large format, extremely high resolution photographs. Nasa has adopted his techniques in order to direct his camera technology towards developing high resolution images of astrological events.
We also talked about last class's inquiry into controlled serendipity, focusing mostly on the ways in which a digital process facilitates a more "serendipitous" environment; I think Frank Gehry might disagree. Although he is the figure head behind the creation of Gehry Technologies and Digital Project, Gehry himself "doesn’t know how to use a computer, except to throw it at people."
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