You know when you have a great idea and you feel like your sails are filled by a gale force wind, blowing you almost uncontrollably towards your destination? That feeling when you know you're on to something special? That you've tapped into the collective unconsciousness and it is speaking through you, the only thing is it is also speaking through everyone else and someone else happened to hear the voice first?
Yeah, well, I had been working on a plan for a group curated show using a viral means of distribution and a group curation process and found out this week that the Brooklyn Museum has a show on display as I write, titled Click, that uses some of the very same ideas of group curation. The show isn't exactly the same as the one I was planning, but somehow after reading about it and listening to the panel discussion, I'm just not that interested in going through with my project anymore.
Enough complaining, because the project is pretty interesting. Just check it out for yourself on the University of Michigan Visual Resource Collection Blog.
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I'm sorry to hear about your disappointment, but I feel like there is tremendous potential for crowdsourcing and viral communications in art and cultural production of all sorts. I'm currently at the South by Southwest Interactive festival, where these ideas are being discussed and debated. There is a good deal of experimentation in these areas, but no one has figured out any kind of formula -- the field is wide open and needs more players! I'd urge you to keep at it.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Shana. Though you might not be pioneering this, you can improve upon it. By the way, it's nice to know you've been tapping into the collective.
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Thanks for the encouragement! I haven't given up on crowdsourcing or viral communication as a means for creative production, but was simply discouraged by the article.
ReplyDeleteSince reading it, I've taken a step away from my original idea and have been looking for alternative ways to engage an audience using a similar medium.