MOCA- Digital Art

After reading this weeks assignments I could not decide what I wanted to write about. I was researching some artists whose work deals with computers. I came across the Museum of Computer Art’s website and was intrigued. The MOCA “is first and foremost an online museum but it is also a physical gallery located in Brooklyn NY” (Archer).
According to the Museum’s website the web page is “one of the one of the most heavily-trafficked, comprehensive, frequently-updated and respected computer art museums on the Web” (Archer). The MOCA has several galleries for it’s viewers to explore including : Photo-based, Drawn/ Painted, 3d Rendered, Surreal, Algorithmic/ Fractal and New Media/ Video. The Museum of Computer Art was established in 1993 by two computer artists. The goal of Don Archer and Bob Doson was to “promote digital art in its various forms and manifestations” (Archer).

The image above is the product of the artist, Richard Canington. His art is created by “mostly algorithmic or mathematical processes” (Canington). Canington went to “Florida State University and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and has a degree in graphic design” (Canington). Canington said, "I create my works to be seen and understood from any distance. They change as you move nearer. Dumb from a distance, they get smarter and more complex as you are drawn closer. You are seduced.” Richard Canington’s opinion on Great Art was included in his artist statement. He said “Great art, and by that I mean really great art, always says the least, to the most, for the longest. Ideally, it would say nothing, to everyone, forever. And that's what drives me. (Canington)”

I am extremely glad to know this The Museum of Computer Art exists. I am a studio Art major but have never been exposed to any form of graphic design. Before today’s reading I had never even heard of incorporating Algorithms into art. The MOCA is a great website to learn about digital art and the artists who produce it.

Archer, Don. "Introducing Ourselves." MOCA- Museum of Computer Art. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Apr 2010. .

Canington, Richard. "Guest Gallery Richard Canington." MOCA- Museum of Computer Art. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Apr 2010. .