[-empyre-] re: is it digital art?

[diana jeon <diana.jp@verizon.net>]

Mario,
I never respond to this list, as the conversations are interesting but
somewhat confined to a higher academic realm than my own work. But I am
venturing in here, willing to be slayed, becasue your question has touched a
fundamental party of digital printmaking practice for me. In my opinion,
sure.  You stated you were scanning things and then *manipulating* the final
work using digital tools and making digital prints.  Diane Fenster, Mel
Strawn, Dot Krause, Bonny Lohtka, and Karen Schminke all have established
reputations based on printmaking practices using this as a process in their
work.  My own print work involves the inclusion and great digital
manipulation of of imagery (and sometimes audio files that are combined with
it.)  To me, it really depends on the degree of manipulation, but of course,
there are others that would disagree.  I think you should call it what you
feel reflects the most extensive area of the practice--if in the end, the
digital work becomes the majority, then why would it not be digital art, or
a digital art print?

diana jeon