It is great to see more ‘distributed art’being commissioned and called for in exhibitions and collections. It shows an awareness of a hugely emerging area of production. But I can’t quite get my head around this one:
dLux media arts (who do great stuff mind you) is called for works for d>Art.05 with the theme of ‘distributed arts’. It is described as follows:
Under the sub-title “Distributed Art”d>Art.O5 will both present art forms that have an inherently distributed nature (web art,mobile phone art) and investigate new methods for distribution of digital art. (podcasting,BitTorrent,Bluetooth).
There are 3 categories that one can enter through:
- d>Art.O5 Screen:Open to Australian citizens or permanent residents only
- d>Art.O5 Sound:Open to Australian and International artists
- d>Art.O5 Web:Open to Australian and International artists
So,it seems they’re referring to the distribution of a work not a work that is distributed over many texts or mediums. They’re half there.
I find this aspect of my creative works incredibly frustrating. I work with print and online channels and cannot find a journal that would happily like a work that is neither and both. I haven’t asked any journals yet but I’m researching potential avenues of publication. On the one hand I need to get work published in a ‘recognised’literary journal to assist in my academic career and grant applications,and on the other hand I need new media ‘publications’for the same reasons. My work straddles both areas quite overtly. Who wants to play with a mutant eh?
