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The Future of Art
an immediated autodocumentary

What are the defining aesthetics of art in the networked era? How is mass collaboration changing notions of ownership in art? How does micropatronage change the way artists produce and distribute artwork? The Future of Art begins a conversation on these topics and invites your participation. (twitter hashtag: #futureofart)

This video was shot, edited and screened at the Transmediale festival 2011 in Berlin, Germany.

Conceived and Edited by Gabriel Shalom
Produced by KS12 / Emergence Collective
Executive Producer: Patrizia Kommerell
Assistant Editor: Clare Molloy
Production Assistant: Annika Bauer

Featuring:

Aaron Koblin aaronkoblin.com
Michelle Thorne thornet.wordpress.com
Caleb Larsen caleblarsen.com
Régine Debatty we-make-money-not-art.com
Heather Kelley kokoromi.org
Vincent Moon vincentmoon.com
Ken Wahl depthart.com
Reynold Reynolds reynold-reynolds.com
Bram Snijders sitd.nl
Mez Breeze unhub.com/netwurker
Zeesy Powers zeesypowers.com
Joachim Stein joaoflux.net
Eric Poettschacher shapeshifters.net

Including Video Material From:

Vincent Moon
Achim Kern achimkern.de
Born Digital borndigital.nu
Daniel Franke daniel-franke.com
Christopher Warnow brian-steen.com
Memo Akten memo.tv
Ian Mackinnon ianmackinnon.co.uk
Taj Dhami
Liisalotte Elme
Zeesy Powers
Reynold Reynolds
Patrizia Kommerell & Gabriel Shalom
Aaron Koblin
Alessandro Ludovico neural.it
Paolo Cirio paolocirio.net
Iepe iepe.net
Akiz myspace.com/bornhak

Music, Sounds and Performances by:

The Arcade Fire, The Crowd, Daniel Franke & Christopher Warnow, Monolake, Daito Manabe, Zeesy Powers, Arlt, Ei Wada, Gabriel Shalom (8 years old), kom.post by Laurie Bellanca

Special Thanks:

Elyse Harrison, Studio Neptune, Cifarelli Art Consulting, Henrik Moltke, Beckie Darlington, Open Design City, Cara Bell Jones, Ela Kagel

CC 2011 BY-NC-SA
KS12 / Emergence Collective
emergence.cc

Join the conversation!
#futureofart

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  • Robyn Woolston 1 year ago
    Fascinating, profound, intriguing, tomorrow - thank you
  • KS12 plus 1 year ago
    Thanks Robyn! :)
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  • metroccolis 1 year ago
    Just something I don't like: I first stopped watching early on, because I really can't stand these rough cuts in the middle of sentences. I feel cheated and immediately get the feeling that you manipulated the content of their statements, even if it's not true. But it feels that way.

    But I took the time to watch it completely. Content is ace! Great documentation of a fantastic event and the people, artists and thoughts behind it.
  • Gabriel Shalom plus 1 year ago
    Hi Metroccolis. I did manipulate what the people said. But I guess the thing is, so does every documentary editor, jump cuts or not. The process of video montage is a blatant manipulation to achieve an intended effect.

    Since I first started making videos I have always disregarded the rules of continuity editing which prescribe jump cuts as disorienting or confusing to the viewer. I believe we've gained the media literacy to understand we're being manipulated, no matter how smooth the video is.

    In point of fact, I would say that more than 75% of what I edit out of interviews is "ums", awkward pauses, phrases like "you know" and "like". Seen this video? vimeo.com/3829682
    That basically sums up my feelings about why I ruthlessly jumpcut interviews.

    In any case, I'm glad you watched it through and also glad for the feedback. You're the first person to ever take issue with this aspect of my editing and voice it to me directly. I appreciate the feedback.
  • metroccolis 1 year ago
    Hey Gabriel, thanks very much for your detailed reply. Cool video link, btw. I was just a bit confused, since the way you do it (just a lot) could mean to me: someone says "I like blue ice cream at home and watching birds in the sky" and you edit it to "I scream at blue birds at home." ... if manipulation goes too far, it's even obsolete to interview someone, since he/she didn't say that stuff anyway. I know, this is one extreme and taking out "um"s and "like"s is a very good thing. But the more cuts, the more I think in this extreme direction. Anyway, thanks for sharing your view. Cheers!
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  • THE LIGHT SURGEONS plus 1 year ago
    great doc! truly inspiring..
  • Gabriel Shalom plus 1 year ago
    Thanks guys!
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  • mpared plus 1 year ago
    cool stuff its up at thecuriousbrain.com/
  • KS12 plus 1 year ago
    Thanks Michael!
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  • Anders Bang 1 year ago
    I'd like to first say good work! The idea of joint artworks is fascinating. The idea of developing a new form of interface with the world is interesting.- Then I'd like to post critical thoughts. The information available at the tip of your fingers is still superficial. Not all data is readable. Not all experiences are transferable. Example : the guitar. Read about all you want, you won't learn it. - Play it you will learn. Experience is valid. This is grossly understated in the movie. If you compare a computer to a guitar, it's an interface with the world. How do you measure the difference in human experience when using either of these interface tools? - Don't get to hung up on technique. Another example : a chess board is an almost infinite matrix of possibilities, how will this affect your interface? Of course social media is interesting. But most often I see these medias used as PR.
  • Gabriel Shalom plus 1 year ago
    Good points about the social media aspects. For more critical views on that point, you might enjoy watching Zeesy Powers' entire interview: vimeo.com/19269897

    We'll be posting a couple more of the full interviews in the coming weeks. Aaron Koblin's is also already available: vimeo.com/19256856

    In regard to Aaron's statement about the information available at our fingertips, I think it could be worth acknowledging Aaron's capabilities with computer code and software and the fact is that for creative software developers the tools and resources have never been better or more fluid and they're accelerating every month.

    In many ways those of us working in other creative media are playing catch up. So while you are totally correct about the example with the guitar, the actual experience of writing code can be accessed directly over the net.

    The points you make seem to me to be reinforced by the comments made by Reynold Reynolds, Zeesy Powers and Caleb Larsen in the second half of the video.

    Thanks for the feedback!
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  • Daniela Petkovic 1 year ago
    This doc is truly amazing! Congrats!

    We shared it on TISCO:
    facebook.com/pages/THIS-IS-SO-CONTEMPORARY/89359248691

    DP.
  • KS12 plus 1 year ago
    Thanks Daniela, and thanks for adding it to "this is so contemporary" - what a great name! ;)
  • Daniela Petkovic 1 year ago
    You're very welcome! We enjoyed it so much, it's inspirational!!! Thanks for sharing and thanks for kind words*

    Keep on the good work:)
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  • vector:size 1 year ago
    Truly inspiring,
    I can really identify with most of the questions and subjects presented...in this and in most of your videos!!

    thanks you!
  • KS12 plus 1 year ago
    Us too! We often feel very close to the perspectives of our interviewees. Every video we make changes our own perspective and helps us to expand our understanding.
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  • Line Kernel 1 year ago
    this is what i actually see in my dreams ,
    thanks for putting it into words .

    2 or 3 points ,

    -first , yes , the media world , is going faster and faster ,
    i actually have to split my weeks between coding ,
    and , looking up for what new things peoples have done wile i was coding

    -second , in relation with the nomad-ism ,
    it is a good thing to met up with peoples you have the same source of interest and language (art wise) , being able to push futher ...
    but after traveling for a wile , my opinion is that , it is good stop that attitude of wandering , to actually be able loose any kind of environmental distraction ,
    and dedicate everything to the project you re develloping in the present .
    (for some people it is quite difficult)

    -3
    to push it further i would say , the most extreme case would be to cut any kind of communication (social networking, emails ... maybe even internet ) that is not in relation with your actual project
    (i am actually envisaging this to see how that goes) , because if you keep in touch with what s is being created , it pushes you emulate and go further , then your actual project , as you planed it , is already obsolete , because it is in a way finished in your mind , and you already have new ideas
    or it is never ending because you can t really stop hading ideas

    i am "waiting" for the point in time where technology make possible that only the final thought about your design-art would actually make the project materialize into space

    until then , i am affraid , i ll be continuously drown into my next and next , next, .... , idea
    or maybe totally cutting of my self from society wile give me the extra thing i need

    time will tell

    LK
  • Gabriel Shalom plus 1 year ago
    Very poignant reflections LK. I really relate to the desire to be disconnected sometimes. We are so distracted these days. Communicating short bursts of reactive/creative energy across the ether, whether in videos or over twitter. Always on. Always connected. It's one reason I haven't got a "smart phone" yet. I guess that particular type of ignorance may still be bliss.
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  • Ostrario plus 1 year ago
    Great work indeed, thank you guys!
  • Gabriel Shalom plus 1 year ago
    *happy little (digital) trees*
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  • miska knapek plus 1 year ago
    Great work! - good tribute to our time.
    Enjoyed it muchos!

    In regards to the 'nomad existance', there's an International French film festival called "Les Recontres Internationales". For me there's a lot of humor in the name - "The international meetings" in English - as many artists/creatives/audience are only with their crowd at the festivals.

    Keep up the good work/m
  • Gabriel Shalom plus 1 year ago
    Glad you enjoyed it Miska :)
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  • Colleen Brogan 1 year ago
    Such an awesome project! See the interview with the artists on A New Days Work: anewdayswork.com/2011/02/immediated-autodocumentary-2011/
  • Gabriel Shalom plus 1 year ago
    Thanks Colleen & Zack!
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  • caspar stracke 1 year ago
    Hey Gabriel + emergencers... Great and inspiring job!
    I found it quite thoughtful to juxtapose not only a mix of different minds but also ages/generations here.
    I also felt passion and honesty that I felt from some of the speakers...
    Which naturally creates some friction, especially when somebody like Eric Poettschacher is followed by a synthetic voiced fast pacing 3d avatar. Also I noticed that too many snipped out pauses and uhms from the interviewees take away this feeling of honestey
    Anyway...interesting stuff.
    ©
  • Gabriel Shalom plus 1 year ago
    Thanks for your feedback Caspar. We were very happy to produce a slightly longer video with this piece, which allowed for the range of ages and perspectives.

    When I reflect further on the choppy editing I realize that it is indicative of the generally tense and high-pressure environment in which this video was produced. Remember, the edit came together in about 3 days or so.

    I would like to have the luxury to produce a new work in the near future which does not have the same sort of time pressure as this process, and yet at the same time there is something very rewarding, both for me and the participants, in churning through such concepts and material so quickly.

    So in the end I guess it's a compromise. Several of the interviews in this video would have been unusable if they hadn't been chopped down this way. Maybe that means they should have been cut out entirely. I'm not sure.

    Ultimately I will say that I feel like this is more of an essay than a documentary, and that by editing the way I do I feel I am expressing my own views through the voices of the interviewees. In any case, I feel that happens in every interview-based video. Perhaps in this work it's just more radically apparent.
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  • KS12 plus 1 year ago
    Thanks Alfonso!
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  • Jim Casper plus 1 year ago
    Great, thought-provoking documentary -- and very interesting comments and dialogue, as well. Kudos!
  • KS12 plus 1 year ago
    Thanks Jim :)
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  • Renegade Pictures 9 months ago
    This is amazing!
    You forgot to interview me.
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  • tomas spencer plus 8 months ago
    8 year old Gabriel!
    fantastic.
  • Gabriel Shalom plus 8 months ago
    :) there's a good backstory there.
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  • Native Creation 8 months ago
    This is so true, I love it, the concepts speak from our shared subconscious
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