[p2p-research] the abundance of art

[marc fawzi]

I had written a longer piece and then cut it in half to communicate the
basic point, which you capture very clearly.

What I meant is that I KNOW that in the FUTURE when we have machines that
can REPLICATE a PIcasso painting in all its nano-scale paint details, in 3D,
including all the nano scale bumps on the pain, the farbic, etc, then we
would STILL see a bias toward the original as if the original emobodied some
spirit or etheral 'thing'

That's what I expect to happen... as technology becomes capable of
replicating original physical art works (paintings) at the nano and
eventually atomic scale there will still be a tendency to hold something
special about the orginal,

and you see you what I mean?  The light reflecting from a [future] perfect
replica will be exactly the same as the light reflecting from the original
from all angles and degrees... so why would the original be more vauable.
It's human nature.

On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 2:03 AM, <paola.dimaio at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>>
>>
>> It seems that, despite art itself being intrinsically abundant, the
>> physical products of 'high art' (not the digital product), e.g. a Picasso
>> painting, are given some kind of scarce quality by people (a spiritual,
>> emotional or superstitious value) that makes them rare (or special) even if
>> they can be replicated ad infinitum and in an exact manner .
>>
>
> actually, I am not sure about replicability
> Having seen a few original masterpieces, and their copies, a very special
> energy and strenght emanates from the former
> My definition of a work of art is that it is a unique, and communicates
> some unique in a unique way
>
> this is why, I think, they are placed in public galleries where everyone
> can enjoy them,  I will be interested in contrasting abundance vs uniqueness
> in art, and maybe we could organise an exhibition one day about it
>
>
>
>>
>> Definitely related to p2p. The issue of why we create artificial scarcity
>> or why we seek it is core to the p2p economy.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 5:54 PM, <paola.dimaio at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> oh yes, found it
>>>
>>> (sorry if not directly relevant to p2p, but definitely
>>> a collective, and part of the commons imho)
>>>
>>> just for completeness
>>>
>>> the one i saw in Germany years ago was the Prinzhorn collection
>>> http://www.prinzhorn.uni-hd.de/beispiele/himmel_eng.shtml
>>>
>>> discussed here  in a broader context
>>> http://www.gseart.com/exhibitions.asp?ExhID=455
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 1:35 AM, <paola.dimaio at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I saw an exhibition about ten year or so ago, not sure where
>>>> but I seem to remember Germany, there is also an exhibition book going
>>>> around,
>>>> it was the most beautiful art work made by psychiatric patients
>>>>
>>>> I am not sure its the same or just similar
>>>> but its on in London, lots of interesting links also to be found on the
>>>> web
>>>>
>>>> http://www.wellcomecollection.org/press/2009/WTX053734.htm
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Even if your,re clinically insane you can make great art
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Paola Di Maio,
>>> ****************************************
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Marc Fawzi
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>>
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>
>
> --
> Paola Di Maio,
> ****************************************
>
>


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