A nuestro alcance

The main idea of ​​this work is to convey how today it is easy and fast to appreciate art from our electronic devices.

I was inspired by one of Vera Monlar’s works, since in it I imagined that each square represents a user in constant movement, receiving and transmitting information.

Technical, aesthetic and conceptual development

Simple and fast as searching for an image on the internet today, art is at our fingertips, it can travel in time and space. As Paul Valèry mentions “with almost zero effort, we will feed on visual or auditory images that appear and disappear at the slightest gesture.” Although it is true that today everything is very ephemeral, that what is news today, tomorrow already belongs to the past, the advancement of technology keeps us active, not only socially, but also, we handle a lot of information, this tool has developed so much that it can even identify our tastes and interests.

“Their immediate presence or their return at any moment will obey a call from us. They will no longer be only in themselves, but everywhere there is someone and a device” says Paul Valery in his text. We can not only appreciate art through our devices, but also create and share it with thousands of users at the same time.

I like to think about the positive aspects that contemporary art can generate, such as knowing thousands of works and talented artists. Not only do I find it interesting, but I also start to reflect on its rapid progress, where will it take us?

With respect to the work that I have created, the movement of the squares reflects being permanently connected, or it can also represent the anxiety generated by excessive consumption, it all depends on the perspective of the person who is appreciating the work.

As Brea José Luis said “the artist as a producer no longer operates in them as a symbolic-totemic figure, but as a genuine participant in social exchanges - of intellectual production and desiring production.” Today’s artists do not need to create a physical figure, thanks to the devices and all the audiovisual tools that we have, we can make countless works and participate in thousands of social exchanges, letting the spectators interact.

Literature

VALÉRY, Paul. (1928). La conquista de la ubicuidad.