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Sterling Crispin 🕊️
Sterling Crispin 🕊️

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4 Tweets Jan 03, 2023
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@smc90 The art world mostly ignored digital and gen art because it doesn’t fit perfectly into the narrative of contemporary art history. It has its own narrative. @manovich wrote this in the 90s
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@smc90 @manovich People rich from tech don’t buy much contemporary art, they have way less possessions compared to the wealthy class that came generations before them. The Silicon Valley Art Fair was an attempt by the art world to reach the tech rich audience but they largely don’t care
@smc90 @manovich There’s a new marketplace for digital goods and it’s a massive reason why generative art has found a home on the blockchain. There are all kinds of interesting technical reasons and cool things beyond the finances. But that’s a large motivating force, and is okay to embrace.
@smc90 @manovich Actually last year I reframed this Duchamp-Turing axis and added a second axis, minting the result as an NFT. This thread has a lot more info about the other axis I made and more detailed essay-as-graphs
@smc90 @manovich Actually last year I reframed this Duchamp-Turing axis and added a second axis, min...

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