iCE's Modern Version Of Old-Fashioned Quilting Bee

Ant writes "tiles.ice.org is a Web site with a cool art idea as a tribute to Salvador Dali. It is iCE (remember ANSI art, you old school computer users?)'s answer to the old-fashioned quilt party, minus the gathering of elderly women. It's a unique opportunity for collaborative artwork on the net. A huge image, composed of individual 'tiles' is created, one piece at a time. The goal when making a tile is to mesh your work as smoothly as possible with the surrounding tiles, while creating something cool, artistic, and if applicable, on-topic. Check out the finished sample. I love the ants in the quilt tiles!"

Comments

Re:Progress made by one person or a group?

[Queer Boy]

Even with art, it's not the AIDS quilt we remember, it's Van Gogh's Starry Night.

Folk art is quite different than Fine art. Folk art has a distinct culture behind it whereas Fine art is typically an individual expression (sometimes a statement). Yes, you're right, people remember the individual in Fine art whereas Folk art is about a community.

Your assertion is that recognition is the inherent drive for art. I always thought it was expression. It's also not art by committee, it's art by community.