The companion podcast to Issue No.88 of The Intersect, and a different kind of episode: this week the curator, Juergen, sits in the guest chair while our host asks him to defend a title. When machines can generate anything in seconds, why would four people choose the hardest, silliest path on purpose, and find something there worth keeping? Come sit on the corner and watch.
Contents
00:03 Heavy News, Silly Craft
01:44 The AI Panic Spreads
02:22 One Finger, One Court
04:19 A Metal Magnet Joke
07:04 Artists, Games, and Curators
09:31 Clocks in the Browser
11:38 Charming or Poignant?
In this episode
Heavy news, silly craft After the heaviest issue this newsletter gets, Juergen goes looking for something light. The news, as usual, has other ideas.
One finger, one court A London artist and a vintage typewriter, a million keystrokes, one index finger. Juergen tries to explain why this moves him and a nine-second image generator doesn't.
A metal magnet joke A New Zealand studio machined a slab of aluminium to do the job of a fridge magnet. Two millimetres of committed craft spent entirely on the punchline, and Juergen would hang it on his wall.
Artists, games, and curators A video game where the final boss is a museum curator, and the artwork is only finished when you lose. Juergen chuckled. Uncomfortably.
Clocks in the browser Two brothers rebuilt a $200,000 clock installation in a browser and gave it away, complete with a secret star. Is it art, or craft quietly climbing toward it?
Charming or poignant? A week later, with the news still going, Juergen still can't decide, and starts to wonder whether the two were ever separate.
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