For my website I wanted to create an online gallery that showcases local art and artists and takes advantage of the interactivity of the Internet. I am interested in created a website as a destination instead of an archive; what I mean by that is the website will be focused on new content that will remain on the site for a fixed period of time. The format for the site will consist of fore main pages. First a home page with a logo, a calendar listing dates of future shows, live events, and the end date of the current artists works. On the home page their will be three links showing the three exhibits that will be currently showing, each website will be created by or with the help of the showcased artist. Each exhibit will have an opening night and a closing night with live video interview and interaction from online viewers. I want to see a more well rounded online gallery that showcases full art exhibits and give the viewer a chance to ask the artist questions and for the artist to answer in an interesting and organized way. The set life span for that gallery’s will help artist give artist more control over their art and encourage visitors to the website to comment and interact. If an exhibition is up for a fixed period of time and there is a set date for a live video response for comments on the website it will encourage to comment and to come back for the closing night to hear from the artist them selves. There is no shortage for art on the Internet but there is a shortage for context for that art and by allowing the artist to create the gallery space and host live shows talking about their art we can bring some of what makes a gallery important in to web.art.
I also think it’s important to note that this online gallery could host art that is web specific and that can be hard to bring in to real world galleries. I would like to create a space that feels less like a list of art and more like a curated space for art that is constantly changing. My favorite part of the Internet is the speed at witch it can react to new ideas and trends. My website will constantly be discontinuing content in order to ensure that the new content always gets the spot light. All of the art showcased on this website will have time to be appreciated and for word of mouth to spread, many art blogs and websites change their front page every day and wile I think this is a valid way to maintain a website I am going in a different direction. I would like to see works displayed on the front page for three weeks with the three exhibitions on rotation so that each week one of the exhibitions is replaced with a new three week long exhibition. With this format there will be new content on a weekly basis but each exhibit will have time to be discovered and enjoyed. Art Websites need to find a balance between posting new content and promoting the content that’s already on their site and with my website I think I have struck that balance.
This is an idea that I think requires a prototype to really explore. By reflecting conditions in the physical world you may be moving toward a more "virtual reality" effect where some spatialization is required in the design, or even images that look much like a gallery "game" or "world". In any case I would like you to go further in articulating the concept and the points of intersection and breakdown between real/virtual gallery space.
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