4D art

1. What is the nature of the relationship between are more human "symbolic" acts, and the context of the cold and calculated world of law and government? 2. If artistic works change as thier context changes, what does that say about the lifespan of a piece of art?

Jesse's work “Distorted in Time” uses a combination of image editing and composition in order to illustrate the changing of art over time. She uses color and image composition to create a sense of depth and balance, adding to the aesthetic properties of the work. The images were aligned in two columns, and four rows; from there she alternated images from the renaissance with images from contemporary artists. In this way, she was able to contrast the two time periods. the first row of images, taken from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, is Mi chelangelo's "The Creation of Adam." We can see that on the left, the image is only glitched slightly, while the image on the right is almost completely distorted. This is a perfect example of how time affects art, as images are distorted through changing context and evolving societal values; it also reminds viewers that even the memory of an image is colored by our new experiences and the passage of time. In the second and ...

1. it seems like when postmodern art strives to break outside the studio, and "embrace a wider framework for art production," it's another step along a constantly widening "framework" throughout time. Our influences are constantly multiplying, and our production methods are becoming more diverse as time goes on. Won't this inevitably lead to the word "art" becoming meaningless, as what is called art is so diverse that each piece can't be intuitively categorized with another? 2. to what degree does the artist own their artwork, now that there are so many layers of technology and influence that guides them? Perhaps they even took an image as a starting point and created a variation of it, does the artist own that piece?