Article that may be of interest

Big Big Truck · Post by **Big Big Truck** » Wed Dec 10, 2003 10:08 am

Interesting article in Wired News - former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne has been using an old version of PowerPoint to create video/music presentations.

Full text is here.

Highlights:

Byrne: ...People make art out of all kinds of crappy things -- Lite Brites, or Pixelvision cameras. For every odd little tool, there's someone out there who's chosen that as a medium. And in spite of the limitations of a given technology, they turn it around so that each defect becomes a positive quality...

As tech tools for creative expression -- digital cameras, image-editing software and the like -- become simpler, cheaper and more accessible, does art become democratized?

Byrne: It's true, but then again, it's not. Even before the advent of digital imaging, when large videotape cameras became small handhelds, the idea was that now everyone will become a filmmaker. And as technology progressed, this has become so easy that now you really can make a film on your laptop.
New people do become creators; they jump in where they might not have before. Within the last few years, for instance, all of a sudden we have a glut of artists who do video installations -- perhaps too many. But some of this new work is really great; the simplicity and affordability makes it happen...

DJ_Izumi · Post by **DJ_Izumi** » Wed Dec 10, 2003 10:52 am

Lite Brite AMVs are old school.

Rozard · Post by **Rozard** » Wed Dec 10, 2003 11:56 am

Flint the Dwarf · Post by **Flint the Dwarf** » Wed Dec 10, 2003 12:05 pm

Byrne is awesome.

Pie Row Maniac · Post by **Pie Row Maniac** » Wed Dec 10, 2003 2:24 pm

Shere Khan looks good for his age.