Lecture Four Activating

I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH I ENJOYED THIS LECTURE!!

I can use cap lock to try to express this love, however.

What I really enjoyed in the lecture was the idea of exploring "art" IN the internet. Yes, I know that art and digital practises are completely melded together as one practise for some individuals (new media and whatnot). And yes, I know that many contemporary art obects nod at or discuss or question digitality. But art which uses the internet as the very medium? Well, that I hadn't really considered that before.

I didn't love the poetry that was presented, I didn't think any of it was particularily clever nor did the actual literature presented make me think very much or blow me over. I was aware however that I found myself distracted by the medium. Because I'm not 'used' to exploring artworks which use the medium of the internet, are imbedded in it, cannot exist without it, I was transfixed with it.

I showed my grandpa what "google" is last night and tried to teach him how to use it. He was supremely confused and also excited about what he could find. (We found the boat that he fought on as part of the British Navy during the Second World War). I think I am very excited to explore the art OF the internet ON the internet now that this concept exists in my periphery.

(I also hyperenjoyed this lecture because I devote much of my nerdy life outside of Ryerson to Modern art, and just the mention of names like Tristan Tzara and Hugo Ball make me giddy.)