Projection Design

“Projection Design” offers a hands-on approach to the design, planning and execution of digital projections in a variety of performance spaces by using a combination of industry standard and open source research software tools. This blog will serve as an online text for the developing book, "Technical Ecstasy" and link for the web-readings, online tutorials,software resources historical examples, video art and performance examples and essential class communications for Projection Design class taught by Patrick Pagano

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Bang Bang: Is Pd Art?

Ironically, much of my break was filled with discussions of what art is.  In an age where a wall that has been painted grey is art, Pd could be considered art.  The question should be "How liberal are you?"  I am not so liberal as to consider Pd art.  Pd is a tool to create art, much like a paintbrush is to a painter.  Put into the right hands one could create a masterpiece of digital media, but to the untrained eye Pd just looks like a series of boxes and lines.  A certain beauty could be found in the organized chaos of Pd, but didn't a dead guy say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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