Art is an expression of an emotion. It
is something created from an idea, from passion and from a need to let out our
emotions. Art is also a medium in which you can express an opinion and send a
message. Even with this definition, art is sometimes hard to define on sight,
which sometimes leads us to wonder if what we are viewing is really art.
Using this definition for art, I can say
with ease that my diskette project is art. I created my art using my materials,
my resources and my idea. I felt passionate about my art and worked hard to try
and make it look beautiful, as well as shocking and intriguing. I also tried to
make my messages evident, the first being that technology is always evolving,
and does so very quickly, while humans are left to follow along and quickly
become completely dependent on modern day technologies. My work depicts a
floppy disk being sliced in half by a CD, which clearly depicts how the floppy
diskette, the old technology, is defeated by the new memory-keeper, the CD. I
also added red paint, representing blood, splattered across the CD and
diskette. This gives the air of human-like qualities to the objects we use to
hold our memories. The blood shows how humanity and technology have fused as one;
we are dependent on it to the point that if the technology were to die, so
would we. The entire piece of work is also reminiscent of the Saw series (a
multi-part series of exceptionally macabre films in which people are tortured),
a nod to society’s obsession with violence as a source of entertainment, which,
ironically, can be viewed on a CD or DVD.
Art is, of course, subjective, so even
though this was my goal in creating my work, by calling it art I am leaving it
open to the interpretations of anyone who views it.
