Blog #1
Response to "'The Most Expensive GIF of All Time' Is Being Sold for $5,800" by Megan Garber (2014)
As I was reading this article I began to think of the fact that throughout the years art is constantly and forever changing. I feel that in a digital age there has emerged a subculture out of other subcultures that appreciates the irony of some of the ridiculousness and absurdness of modern, digital art. I feel that some find the use of others' work in their own creations, for their own profit is ironic and therefore becomes a meme or trending topic. This recycling of other's work is seen specifically in the article with Michael Green's Balloon Dog Deflated, with the recycling of Jeff Koons's Balloon Dog (Orange). I believe that although Green's Balloon Dog Deflated has not sold for its asking price, $5,800, its success lies in its ability to create questions and commentary about the piece itself. A piece such as Green's allows those ingrained and detached from the art community to for opinions, no matter their knowledge of art history. Additionally I do not think I would ever pay for a gif of that cost however NFT (non fungible tokens) are becoming the new crypto currency fad - which I am not super well educated on. My take away from this article is that digital art is allowing for new strides in the arts community by showing its audiences that not only can digital art be seen as important art it can also change the way others interact with the art itself.
Example of NFT, Cryptokitties.co
Example of NFT, NyanCat on OpenSea
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