ERIC KIM

Art Technology

The problem with technology now:

Technology is too focused on data, ‘efficiency’, ‘optimization’, and all these nerdy things.

What should technology be doing for us? Making us MORE ARTISTIC, more curious, and more child-like.

Photography as art-tech

RICOH GR III. This photograph is pure art to me.
RICOH GR III. This photograph is pure art to me.

The camera as one of the ultimate technological tools to help empower us to make artwork!

Look at the above photo; no painting could ever look as beautiful as a gorgeous monochrome photograph.

Details of my hand. No painting could ever depict my hand so accurately, and artfully.
Details of my hand. No painting could ever depict my hand so accurately, and artfully.

The direction we should take photography:

Less about nerdification about ‘image quality’. More focus on beauty, aesthetics, and making photos which sing to our hearts.

Hallway light.

ARS as art-tech

arsbeta.com rating page
arsbeta.com rating page

ARS as the first art-tech platform, integrating the best of technology [double blind algorithm] to actually EMPOWER us as artists — eliciting more honest feedback and critiques from the online photography community (the upside of ‘crowd-sourcing’ our ‘cognitive surplus’).

How to commission a critique on ARSBETA.COM with ARS COIN
How to commission a critique on ARSBETA.COM with ARS COIN

In praise of Apple Tools

Steve Jobs once referred to computers and Apple products as ‘Bicycles for the mind.’ I love this. We must bring this back.

My thought:

Technology as art-tools for the mind.

iPad — not using it as a toy, but using it as a digital art-creation tablet [ProCreate app, and Zen Brush 2].

Laptop: thinking augmentation tool. Also ability to use Lightroom, Photos, Photoshop, and other apps to process photos and CREATE NEW ARTWORKS! Logic Pro X and Garageband to produce new musical artwork. Illustrator to make new illustrated art works. Digital tools to process photos, and also to lay them out, and distribute art works online.