Saturday, December 31, 2011

Of art and technology

Technology brings new forms of art, but I hardly think there would be such a thing as invalidation of a form of expression as consequence of technology. For instance, they say handrwriting is going to stop existing because we can type faster than we can write with a pen.

In a practical view of the world that could be held true, and also if handwriting didn't count as a form of expression. It won't go out the same way cars didn't eradicate horseriding. We also have machines that emulate the metronomes, so bands won't need drummers no more, or so once I've read.

In the business we can use keyboards and cars instead of feathers, scrolls and horses. But the matter of practicability that technology is inherently connected to apparently doesn't have to applied to art.

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