Welcome. Here are your tickets. Line forms to the left.
Recently, Adobe announced the creation of a Museum of Digital Media, “A modern museum committed exclusively to the exploration and preservation of digital media.” It’s a virtual museum, all online, open 24/7, and available for all to see. The virtual space is designed by architect Filippo Innocenti.
From the site, the first exhibit “will feature work by Tony Oursler, a New York artist whose explorations in moving images and digital communications have been featured in museums on both U.S. coasts, as well as in Spain and New Zealand.”
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Traveling through the museum is aided by a “virtual viewing device” (oh man does this thing need a name), a creation by Adobe designers that sought inspiration from jellyfish and flowers.
Or maybe they got their inspiration from Halo.
I hear Guilty Spark is looking for work.
I can see this being a bit of a game-changer. Be being completely online, they have the freedom to do just about anything they want. I hope we see this grow into an exposition of digital media in all its forms, and not simply a place for artists to strut their stuff. Imagine a place where you could wander through the past 20 years of digital media, from 8-bit video games to first generation iPods to HD video streaming through every device that can hold a screen. That would be superdy-dooperdy cool.
You can see a video about the museum and Tony Oursler here. It opens in August. I’ll be in line, wearing my walking shoes.
