This project will focus on the person who writes the web information, and where it can be accessed from there. This generalization of the project was reached after reading the other ideas that people in group 3 had. Going outward from this idea, it would be interesting to research where the inspiration for web-based art comes from. Also, it would interesting to look into how the web is used to translate ideas into art forms that affect the viewer in similar ways to novels, movies, paintings or photographs. What has the artist seen or read to begin work, how do they change or use the work to suit their purposes, and how is technology used to further their goals?
The sort of information an author uses is very important in this project. Fanfiction is a perfect example; the author takes a movie or story that he likes and adds on to it according to how he thinks is should continue. Another example is www.yhchang.com, or YHCHI. YHCHI is an online author who takes information, and doesn’t add on to it, but changes the style so the story is changed and fits the media type. While fanfiction adds on to the story, YHCHI can alter the story so much that, if the reader does not know the original work by heart, he could very well never know where the idea came from. In these instances it becomes hard to pinpoint an original author.
These are just two examples of what is out there concerning web-based art, and the affect it can have on both original pieces or work and fans. It would be wrong to assume that all art on the internet is purposely based on outside work, but there can be no doubt that more is out there. In this new art style it almost seems that the original author has become obsolete, but these styles would not exist without an originating source. So, where is the source, how does it change, and how is it used to affect the readers/viewers?
http://www.yhchang.com/
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/modern_fiction_studies/v054/54.2.pressman.html
http://www.tattoodesign.com/tattoo_pictures_gallery/index.html
http://media.www.carolinianonline.com/media/storage/paper301/news/2006/03/28/Life/Web-Junkie.Postsecret.Art.Or.Therapy-1750628.shtml
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I'm intrigued by your topic--it seems much more open ended, and I'm not sure if he wants us to have a general idea or a specific one. If you are going to continue this topic of the artist, what are some more questions you have about them?
ReplyDeleteWhat are some sites you have encountered that will help you in your writing and researching? Are you looking at FanFiction, too, or were you simply using it as an example? I did not know about YHCHI and I think it might help my topic a bit (mine is one of the many about fanfiction)...
For looking into the inspirations for the new ideas, are there sites out there where authors have explained their influences for the work?
The focus seems very broad at present. From your proposal I am unsure of what YHCHI is, it seems to be added randomly. I think the relationship of outside influence to internet text and images is a good question to start though. It would be nice to see a more clear example, but on the whole I think you've got a good focus going.
ReplyDeleteI like where you are going with this idea of web based art and it telling a story and affecting the reader much like a novel or traditional piece of writing does. I think that no only should you look into the websites you have already mentioned, but look at sites like Post Secret and Ze Frank where art iscreate by the web or solely for the web and how by looking at these forms of art how a reader could take a story away from it. On the Scribbler (one of my bookmarks) there is a gallery of Scribble art, when i look at these images i wonder who the artist is and why did they choose to create this particular image and how that image also reflects and effects my own life.
ReplyDeleteI like the questions you ended this with, they fit your topic well. It is also an interesting notion that the originator of ideas can become obsolete, like the idea has far surpassed their reach of control. It might be interesting then to look at how people are trying to control their ideas so this doesn't happen. Like authors who ask their fans to not write fanfiction or legal issues when people try and remix things into new styles and how that might effect copyrighted works. Cool stuff.
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