Week 5

Unfortunately I was not able to attend the class viewing of the new Digital Art Research Collective (no more acronyms!!).  From what experience I do have with the project though I think I can still offer insight.  At first sight the name is cyclical.  Very important to realize, as well as the slash distinction.  "Revo / Over" notice the direction of the slash.  In musical notation this represents an increase in tone, or a resetting of bass tone.  For example, E / F could be taken as increasing from E to F, but in chordal terms E/F refers to an E chord with an F in the bass.  At the same time the term "over" is at the end.  Is this representing a terminal point?  I doubt this is the intention of the title, but one take could be a redefinition of art with a terminal state.  More likely though is the symbolism of the palindrome, Revo & Over.  Notice the ordering though.  Revo is garbage in terms of an english word, but Over is a strong term.  Does this relate to the creative process?  Does inspiration of art come from the unformed section pre-fixing termination?

In terms of questions to the artist:  What inspired the use of technology for your exhibit?  Was technology a limiting factor? An inspiring factor?  Was technology just a a utility or was it an active medium?