Re: [-empyre-] the symbolic and the real

[saul ostrow <so5@nyu.edu>]

> 
> I also think that the discourse on 'the real' and 'the symbolic' in the
> digital, can't be only about the actual physicality and practice of things
> digital (all art is many ways 'unreal'), but has to be also, and very much
> so, about the cultural values and artistic traditions we carry over from
> other media and continue to apply to the digital. This makes historically
> speaking perfect sense, but leads us also into one-way thinking when it
> comes to the production, presentation and valuation of digital art.

having stated what you believe can you elaborate on this --  I find it
very interesting but you haven't identified the difference you merely
state you believe one exists --