The Digital Divide

art¹

ärt/

noun

1. 1. 

   the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power. (according to dictionary.com) 

   
   

   
   

   In this world, everything is or can be made digital. To me, this includes art. While it may not be traditional paint and canvas, clay, pen and paper, the ways one is able to produce art has evolved and that's greatly due to technology. If art is the "

   expression or application of human creative skill and imagination" then just because it is produced differently doesn't mean there is any less expression in it. 

   
   

   I found it interesting when Bishop discussed how modern art samples from previous artists, taking bits a pieces to make something else. This has been the case before digital and will continue to be whether it's in music, tv, books, painting etc. because is there the capability of having an original idea at this day and age? 

   
   

   Bishop also discusses the fascination with analog, and I believe this fascination exists because there is constantly a desire to make the old new, our own. This is where originality comes back into play. Everything is shaped from something else that no one truly owns their art anymore because it was "inspired" by someone else's.