This week's art work actually made me laugh a lot.
I think Salvaggio really captured the essence of new media art (according to my definition anyway) because he found multiple ways to change a simple image of a very recognizable product. He used references to other artists, like Mouchette I wrote a blog entry on her a couple of weeks ago and it was satisfying to understand the reference to her and her work. One of my favorite representations of the bottle is this one :
I think Salvaggio really captured the essence of new media art (according to my definition anyway) because he found multiple ways to change a simple image of a very recognizable product. He used references to other artists, like Mouchette I wrote a blog entry on her a couple of weeks ago and it was satisfying to understand the reference to her and her work. One of my favorite representations of the bottle is this one :
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