When you go surfclubbin', don't forget your hat.
frederic: "to damon: i'd rather talk about the fact that your homepage is white
why did you choose white ? why are all the surfclubs white ?
IT SUCKS!"
Now this is interesting!!
Nasty Nets is/was made white to maintain the default aesthetic of the web (black text, white background, blue links, 12 point Times New Roman), to blend into the web and look very bland, refreshingly humble yet depressing, plain but aware of its blogness. (Though this style is a bit of a throwback to 1.0, I'd say most blogs are white background and black text by default... I like that this is what things look like if you do not specify any style or CSS definitions... A style made by doing nothing.)
I'd say Damon uses white because he is playing with the concept of a "normal", formal artist's website. (??)
I know a lot of people complain about white backgrounds on screens being incredibly bright and abrasive to eyes.
On my own pages, I use light blue -- almost sky blue -- (also used on the side bar on Nasty Nets, btw) -- for similar reasons to the above, but also referencing both amateur homepages (GeoCities to myspace) and corporate/office design (pastel colored letter paper) -- I like the opposition between these two associations. I also came to the conclusion that light blue is probably the most neutral of all colors -- even more so than white, black, and grey, which have been appropriated by slick minimal design (iPods and sports cars etc). Light blue is just universally ignored, it is not sexy in any way -- orange and yellow are too bright, green is too lush, purple and red are too sexy. It is also the color of the sky, so we see it more often than any other color. (Why I want to achieve this effect is because it ties in with my work.)
I'd guess that your comment is more aimed at visual aesthetics, which I'm less familiar with, and so less comfortable talking about -- Would love to hear your thoughts on background colors!, I see a lot of what I'd call "gold" on pleine-peau.com.
why did you choose white ? why are all the surfclubs white ?
IT SUCKS!"
Now this is interesting!!
Nasty Nets is/was made white to maintain the default aesthetic of the web (black text, white background, blue links, 12 point Times New Roman), to blend into the web and look very bland, refreshingly humble yet depressing, plain but aware of its blogness. (Though this style is a bit of a throwback to 1.0, I'd say most blogs are white background and black text by default... I like that this is what things look like if you do not specify any style or CSS definitions... A style made by doing nothing.)
I'd say Damon uses white because he is playing with the concept of a "normal", formal artist's website. (??)
I know a lot of people complain about white backgrounds on screens being incredibly bright and abrasive to eyes.
On my own pages, I use light blue -- almost sky blue -- (also used on the side bar on Nasty Nets, btw) -- for similar reasons to the above, but also referencing both amateur homepages (GeoCities to myspace) and corporate/office design (pastel colored letter paper) -- I like the opposition between these two associations. I also came to the conclusion that light blue is probably the most neutral of all colors -- even more so than white, black, and grey, which have been appropriated by slick minimal design (iPods and sports cars etc). Light blue is just universally ignored, it is not sexy in any way -- orange and yellow are too bright, green is too lush, purple and red are too sexy. It is also the color of the sky, so we see it more often than any other color. (Why I want to achieve this effect is because it ties in with my work.)
I'd guess that your comment is more aimed at visual aesthetics, which I'm less familiar with, and so less comfortable talking about -- Would love to hear your thoughts on background colors!, I see a lot of what I'd call "gold" on pleine-peau.com.
When you go surfclubbin', don't forget your hat.
CHRIST!
Though I must admit the following statement usually evaluates to "true":
(nerd && artist) > (hipster && artist)
Though I must admit the following statement usually evaluates to "true":
(nerd && artist) > (hipster && artist)
When you go surfclubbin', don't forget your hat.
Vijay: "we shouldn't ALWAYS talk about surf clubs as an artistic entity per se"
YES! -- please!, everyone!, stop focusing and talking about surf clubs!! The individual work of some of the surfers involved is more interesting and more worth analyzing. I'm mystified why "surf clubs" get all the attention -- and I'm the one who invented the stupid term.
And perhaps you should add this after your "hipsters != artists"...... "NERDS != ARTISTS"
...perhaps we should remove the relational operator and just say "nerds are not artists" :-P
(^ imagine all this said in friendly, jokey way)
YES! -- please!, everyone!, stop focusing and talking about surf clubs!! The individual work of some of the surfers involved is more interesting and more worth analyzing. I'm mystified why "surf clubs" get all the attention -- and I'm the one who invented the stupid term.
And perhaps you should add this after your "hipsters != artists"...... "NERDS != ARTISTS"
...perhaps we should remove the relational operator and just say "nerds are not artists" :-P
(^ imagine all this said in friendly, jokey way)
What?
Yes, the newer net art treats the Internet as the present/past rather than as the future. It's too skeptical of the technology to use it in some fancy innovative way...
What?
would like to point out that JODI (1.0) are suddenly my new favorite web surfers (2.0): http://del.icio.us/j_o_d_i
