Perhaps not even remotely about the work, but they simply it's people coming together and connecting, which wouldn't have otherwise taken place. But I guess the reality I'm facing now is that most people actually engage with my work via the Internet, and they'll probably never see one of my paintings in real life, and we'll never have the opportunity to meet in an actual physical space or at an actual particular point in time
Unity Eagle
@UnityEagle · 3:17
So not virtual reality, but augmented reality because I love those apps where I can showcase the art on my own wall in my living room. And second, I love to connect through art. Me, myself. I'm a creator of motion art and I used to go search for beautiful artworks or pictures where I could apply motion art so I could bring that artwork or picture to life by applying motion into the steel image. And later on I discovered art generated by AI
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 2:43
It's very it's very different, Joe, so I really relate to in theater, it's the smell of the grease paint, the roar of the crowd. You know, you want that five senses all stimulated. But to Unity Eagle point, she's in the digital domain. That's where she lives. So it's great that the two of you are connecting because it's two worlds
Jo Dyer
@jo.dyer.art · 4:03
But I do still very much cling to the materiality of painting with paint. It's physicality and the way that it is an embodied practice has been and still is an important practice for me in terms of grounding myself in my body and feeling regulated. But still. Yeah. The connections that we're making here and just listening to you both speaks so thoughtfully about art and connection, the voice and the pace of the conversation
Tim Ereneta
@Tim · 2:55
And yeah, with the pandemic and the lockdown, it's been obviously much harder to do in person collaborations and in person showings. But the network has still been resilient. You can still connect with people online, which is an interesting paradox. And I have a whole second thought on what this kind of global interconnection does with art. And I'll leave that in a separate comment
Tim Ereneta
@Tim · 3:55
As a performing artist, I work in the medium of oral storytelling, and I'm passing along traditional tales from various cultures, from Western and Eastern Europe and Central Central Asia primarily. And in doing so, the oral tradition has always been an art form that requires an audience, requires the presence of a listener. Otherwise, the process isn't storytelling, it's rehearsal
Jo Dyer
@jo.dyer.art · 3:51
And that goes back to Deshamp and him sort of presenting really bizarre things like the urinal in a Gallery context and really saying an artist doesn't have to be a maker. An artist chooses ideas and places them in a specific context, which gave rise to conceptual art and also to people sort of thinking that painting had died or that it wasn't relevant anymore. But I really it still is
Jo Dyer
@jo.dyer.art · 2:49
And with technology, we're able to share that. We're able to film it or photograph it and share it. So it adds a new element, I think, to our practice. I attended a Zoom online artist talk a number of weeks ago with an artist who I've never seen his paintings in person because he lives in a different area of Australia to me. But his work looks quite immersive. It's quite large, and there's quite a lot of detail in there
greta laundy
@gretalaundyart · 2:45
We do have to struggle with that aspect of getting it out there, and I think that's really difficult. Anyway, I think it's a really interesting project that you're doing, and thanks for sharing your ideas, and I look forward to seeing what you do. I'll be certainly having a look at your open studio when you do it. Take care
greta laundy
@gretalaundyart · 2:13
Joe, something that might interest you, actually in terms of how another artist is connecting with people is obviously you're talking about you said relational athletics. You're sort of talking about also interactive. Well, that is interactive work. When I went to the Art Gallery of South Australia last week, all the week before that, I saw Julie Wraps work, which is called Right me
Jo Dyer
@jo.dyer.art · 2:57
And I wonder whether people might be more inclined to interact with it if the artist isn't there, because maybe it's a bit intimidating or something. I don't know. It's an interesting dynamic. And I guess that's what I'm kind of playing with is this idea of maybe having an artwork that evolves in some way because of other people's input, so it becomes more collaborative. But I'm not really sure
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15