Social Media Meets Art
In the “real world” canvases take up physical space and therefore are usually confined to a single artist’s work. But the internet continues to teach us that in the world of pixels you can have limitless canvases and infinite artists. But most importantly, because neither digital canvases or artists are confined to “real world” collaboration and co-creation are made possible.
This has given rise to a whole bunch of collaborative art projects, forums, groups, social networks, participant influence art projects and loads of other arty coolness.
The vid below is by far the most inspiring project that I’ve come across to date. A mashup of social media, co-creation and micro-financing – it might just be the start of something beautiful.
Masterpiece 2.0
Masterpiece 2.0, a social media art project by Baschz and Selfcontrolfreak. |
Masterpiece 2.0 is a self described “social media art project” by Baschz and Selfcontrolfreak. It’s the first ever canvas made with a Web 2.0 approach. The canvas interacted with its visitors who affected both the process and final outcome of this masterpiece.
For a small fee you were able to interact with the canvas, otherwise you were able to follow the artist’s tweets and view the whole project via a webcam.
As innovative and inspiring as this project was, could it have been even more social? How far can co-created art & social media go? Are there business implications? Perhaps this is the social solution for micro-financing artists.
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