{"id":1499,"date":"2007-06-20T20:08:02","date_gmt":"2007-06-20T18:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/20\/critique-and-comparison\/"},"modified":"2007-06-20T20:11:40","modified_gmt":"2007-06-20T18:11:40","slug":"critique-and-comparison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/20\/critique-and-comparison\/","title":{"rendered":"critique and comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some nice further discussion in the comments section of Tom Moody’s post<\/a> about my Wireframe Series<\/a><\/em>, and I’m glad for the crit – some positive, some negative, all useful for when I implement the next iteration (hopefully in Joburg in September). I’m even more grateful for his second post<\/a>, a point by point comparison to Stephen Hendee<\/a> <\/em>(image: The Eye,<\/em> New Britain Museum, New Britain, CT, USA, 2005):<\/p>\n

\"hendee\"<\/p>\n

-specifically evokes “wireframe” computer model (or “invokes” in the case of Stern, who uses the word in his title)
\n-reproduces wireframe outlines as an actual object
\n-“problematizes” computer drawing with surrealist invention, deformation
\n-use of materials such as tape and foamcor (Hendee) and rope (Stern) suggests folk-like or cargo-cult-like reification or fetishization of high technology
\n-inverts the idea of a computer as effortless and airy through the conspicuous employment of hand labor<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I think that these, coupled with his point of it being “activated through its contact with people” (both the performers\/volunteers, and the public) are where I should re-double my efforts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some nice further discussion in the comments section of Tom Moody’s post about my Wireframe Series, and I’m glad for the crit – some positive, some negative, all useful for when I implement the next iteration (hopefully in Joburg in September). I’m even more grateful for his second post, a point by point comparison to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,3,27,36,7,8,19,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-art-and-tech","category-creative-commons","category-isummit07","category-me","category-re-blog-tidbits","category-stimulus","category-theory"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9blZT-ob","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1490,"url":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/14\/the-wireframe-series-sentimental-construction-1\/","url_meta":{"origin":1499,"position":0},"title":"The Wireframe Series: Sentimental Construction # 1","author":"nathaniel","date":"14 June 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"More from Croatia soon, but we performed the first \"Sentimental Construction\" here before guests started arriving, and I'm not sure it could have gone any better. 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