“Technology Is The Mortal Enemy Of Art”

Is technology having a massive impact on art and pushing the boundaries too much or too little? Do we need to experiment more with technology and art or should it be left alone to a human process rather than a digital process?

Photography was developed over 175 years ago, when it was first developed it was not involved with art a huge amount. However as time has gone on we can really see that the two interlink a lot now. Between art and technology there has become a huge bond, we can see this and there is no way of going back to undo this, therefore I feel we have to accept this and embrace it. You can see the effect photography has had on art through apps and websites such as “Instagram” and “Facebook”. Now days it is so easy to snap a decent photograph on your phone, upload it for an audience to view and call this a published piece of art.

But does this take away the authenticity of a photographers work by making it so easy to access things like this? Photographers work so hard to get that special shot whereas technology has made it so easy to manipulate this with filters and effects to make easy work seem more technical and skilled. Traditionally before technology was about artists or photographers would take a portfolio to galleries and be judged on if their work was really good enough to display to the public, however now it is easy and non judgemental to publish a piece of work to an audience.

I think this can have a positive impact as it is now easy to discover new talent and make it known.

Referencing website: https://www.uncmirror.com/arts/2017/08/20/artem-ex-machina-technologys-impact-on-the-changing-world-of-art/