"Tap" Palm Art at The Whitney's Artport

technogamy writes: "Art.geeks -- check out The Whitney Museum of American Art's Artport, a 'portal to net art and digital arts, and an online gallery space for commissioned net art projects.' Note specifically Jim Buckhouse's Tap--part of Creative Time's Beaming Network, Tap's collaborative, evolving, quirky app hops on to your Palm-based device through a sleek silver beaming cube. (I freaked out when I saw one of the cubes at a local Barnes and Noble ... especially when I realized that I knew the person who made them. ;]) Here's how Tap works. Get some culture, people!"

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change in perception of computers?

[Anonymous Coward]

From a historical perspective, technology is usually created to serve a utilitarian purpose, but later is used for self expression. The computer has been undergoing a gradual change since the first personal computer was available. Even if the app doesn't impress me, this just another step in the maturation process of computer technology.

Paper was orginally created for writing, but now it has a plethora of uses. Same would go for most other technologies. When rubber and latex were invented, few people thought an artist would use it as a medium, let alone play things of varying uses. Another manifestation of the maturation process is case modification and the new iMac. Computers started out as tools to make things like art, but now they are rapidly becoming art. The participation of computers in the process of art is changing and evolving.