Ascott

It's kind of crazy to think after reading the article that he pretty accurately predicted how computers would affect out lives, culture, society, and of course the art world. It's hard to get a solid notion to whether or not Ascott saw the evolution of art and technology and its merging together to create this kind of viewer-based art we're now almost completely accustomed too, but I get the feeling that he knew something like that was coming. Exemplified in a quote from the article that was further discussed in class, Ascott says, "the piece's physical structure is such that its individual  constituent parts change their relationships, either by the direct manipulation of the spectator, or by his shifting viewpoint, or by the agency of electrical or other natural power". I enjoyed the article and how amped Ascott was about the computer and what it can do, and more importantly what we can do with it. It was an upbeat article that made me want to keep jumping on into new softwares and programs, without hesitation, because there is really no point in me sitting around and waiting for someone else to create something that will in turn make my work and art better. The only solution and way I'm going to become in control of my own technology is to do it myself.