Digital Scale

http://gizmodo.com/5634036/set-your-font-to-282000000000-to-reach-the-moon

It's a Masterpiece, Whatever that Means... (LA TIMES)

Cool article discussing the loaded term "masterpiece." It starts by detailing the inaugural exhibition at the new Centre Pompidou-Metz, but the cool part is the second half of the article where SoCal art world folks address the idea of the term "masterpiece."

Not really Art 2.0 stuff... though apparently the show itself "grapples with notions of uniqueness in an age of endless reproductions" which is very cool.

A quote from the article:
"The concept of the masterpiece travels uncomfortably to more contemporary and experimental arenas, and it is certainly a last resort to describe and legitimize today's meaningful art production."


http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-ca-masterpieces-20100905,0,4027735.story?page=1

Interesting Series

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/09/04/opinion/20100905_Windows-copy.html


A series in which writers from around the world describe the view from their windows.

Web Changing the Art Conversation?

This NYT article is about the effect the web is having on the peer-review publishing standard in academia. Here's a quote:

"In some respects scientists and economists who have created online repositories for unpublished working papers, like repec.org, have more quickly adapted to digital life. Just this month, mathematicians used blogs and wikis to evaluate a supposed mathematical proof in the space of a week — the scholarly equivalent of warp speed."

This is like the elite model of what happens on Wikipedia everyday and it is incredibly exciting. Obviously there are huge obstacles in the way of a process like this working in the art world (first, most art created today exists in the physical world and one must be in its presence to witness it correctly). But, with the emergence of digital art, things like this will contribute to the decentralizing of the art world and hopefully play a huge role in the grand art conversation.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/24/arts/24peer.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hp

Make Your Own QR-Codes! (Mashable)

This could be an awesome tool for artists... QR Codes. Make your own! (Via Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2010/08/23/how-to-create-qr-codes/

Interview with Founder of deviantART.com (TechCrunch)

This interview isn't really about art per se, but it's interesting nonetheless to hear this guy talk about creating the most popular internet art space ever and what it took. "Don't be weak" (via TechCrunch)

http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/22/stop-being-weak-an-interview-with-angelo-sotira-ceo-of-deviantart-com-tctv/

Starting Adobe Illustrator Tutorials

I should review these...

http://mashable.com/2010/08/19/adobe-illustrator-tutorials/