Now here's an interesting concept. Not that it's entirely new, it's just a new incarnation of the older schools, really. Cell phone art and literature, when broken down to their most basic forms, are really nothing more than the new digital versions of the artist's sketch pad and the writer's journal. Of course, with the new technology comes some interesting perks, such as a huge multinational instant audience ready to read or critique your work.
I think it's great that this exists now. Think about all of the budding artists, casual and professional alike, that have the opportunity for worldwide exposure! Then again, there is something to be said for the old tried and true methods. The professional editor and publishers are being bypassed with this new literature movement, and the same can be said of the art critics, thereby removing a filter through which the shoddier works previously had to pass. But, perhaps this filter isn't needed. Maybe we've been losing many great stories and paintings that we otherwise would not have seen.
Great point about the filter of the publisher. I guess the audience becomes the filter, eh? I just read about a new museum that is totally online, a museum of Iranian Culture I believe. Interesting concept although I love walking through museums and seeing the artifacts in relation to each other, size, color, placement, texture, etc. Even though we can't touch in museums usually I think there is more info in 3D than in 2D for the viewer. I do think there's a place for cell-mini-art though, and will continue to follow the genre.
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