thanks for your thoughts... I'm actually starting SAIC in a few weeks though.
fingers crossed.

(I want to enter the tip of the iceberg)
-nick-

I hadn't heard of this. Thank you so much for bringing this to my attention Natalie, though I'm not sure what this might mean.

Thanks Pall. That can be true as well. I’m currently at a film school were that is very much the case, and though that sometimes (and in my case I feel that it has) instigates creativity and an uncompromising work ethic it can also get old and discouraging. I need a change of pace, I’m looking for an environment that will nurture my views as well as challenge them.

I’m currently debating between two graduate programs: RISD and SAIC. There are a lot of factors in my mind right now (namely faculty, location, finances - I’ve yet to hear from SAIC on that matter). But ultimately, I’m looking for a school that shares my sensibilities. Without going into too much detail on what those are I’ve felt for a while that the rhizome community shares those sensibilities and my views on digital media + culture/society and so I’m very interested (and would be extremely grateful) with anything anyone might have to say about the two school’s Digital/New Media programs as well as any other thoughts that might help inform my decision.

(if anyone cares to see I have a piece on rhizome as well as some work on my site nickbriz.com)

Thanks in advance,
-Nick-

I said different not lower. This isn’t about high art vs low art. It’s not that the artists I mentioned are “higher” but rather that they’re just more interesting and are not marketing devices. Just to set the record straight I like the chairlift video (at least for the “wow” factor) the Kanye video just strikes a wrong chord, but perhaps I have my biases.

“West and Chairlift can't escape the conventions they work in.”

Agreed.

“Glitch school artists are also slaves to the academic conventions that nurture them--drony music, minimal presentation and an air of high toned seriousness”

This just isn’t true. Many of the artists I mentioned work outside these “academic conventions.” Karl Klomp’s collaborations with toktek are anything but drony and I’m not sure if “high toned seriousness” would be the best way to describe Corey Arcangel’s work either. Their freedom from conventions is one of their best assets.