sjefWed, Oct 29, 2008 I'm sure anyone with the guts to try could find some artistic solution to sell it in the current environment without it being too hard.
I don't know, the trouble being that due to the highly subjective nature of 'real' art, there is no way you can create something that appeals to everyone, few things gain real mainstream acceptance these days based purely on artistic merits, there is always a marketing element involved.
This is of course changing with the way our world is networked and the means by which memes spread, and it may be that a large range of projects on various levels do produce the required effect. (That in fact even seems to be one of the core reasons we're all here in first place.)
With the Venus Project you have to consider the fact that they have been at it for decades already, the times have overtaken them. The guy is a great engineer & visionary but by the looks of it he sucks at making money. Their 'research center' is old (check out the interiors), and it's now even up for sale. Given the fact that he devoted his life to it you can hardly call him out for being commercial because he's trying to make a buck off selling videos.
I'm sure anyone with the guts to try could find some artistic solution to sell it in the current environment without it being too hard.
I don't know, the trouble being that due to the highly subjective nature of 'real' art, there is no way you can create something that appeals to everyone, few things gain real mainstream acceptance these days based purely on artistic merits, there is always a marketing element involved.
This is of course changing with the way our world is networked and the means by which memes spread, and it may be that a large range of projects on various levels do produce the required effect. (That in fact even seems to be one of the core reasons we're all here in first place.)
With the Venus Project you have to consider the fact that they have been at it for decades already, the times have overtaken them. The guy is a great engineer & visionary but by the looks of it he sucks at making money. Their 'research center' is old (check out the interiors), and it's now even up for sale. Given the fact that he devoted his life to it you can hardly call him out for being commercial because he's trying to make a buck off selling videos.