New art released just in time for the U.S. Election
Jon Winet's The Electoral College. You can read all about it, but Winet has spent the past year documenting the election and made a great and diverse set of images for Add-Art. Enjoy the next two weeks...
The previous artpacks were way better.
I don't want to see some political clowns faces instead of ads 'cause they aren't any better than ads, actually these ARE ads or some PR stuff. I'm not from US (yes, other countries has internet too =) and don't care about US elections.
I guess i'll disable the addon for two weeks.
Alien,
I was thinking just the opposite. Perfect timing for Winet's art. I love how it blends in so well with all the political news I'll be seeing for the next 10 days. I see it, I think it's another news photo, then I realize it's actually blocking an ad but doing it in a very camouflaged way, and that gives me joy. I'm very interested in how the add-art images interact with what is already on the page, and this is a perfect example.
thanks
lisa
alina
Member
i registered on this forum just to tell you that this "great idea" sucks big time.
i am not from the us, i have enough as it is of the election news i don´t wanna know about. Silly me for imagining that u guys would have the common sense to think of the people that are using your application as coming from different countries.
i don´t dare to imagine you even care about what i think, judging from your "we're not here to make pretty wallpaper" reply. u don´t seem too open to feedback.
totally disappointed here. more so in your attitude than in this stupid idea.
i thought add-art was supposed to help us escape the daily harassment we are subjected to, not wrap it up and call it artsy..
it´s not artsy, it´s not interesting, it is just as invasive as the ads, and your attitude sucks.
i´ll disable it.
alina
Member
@ Idawson: of course the timing is just right!
just right for some more election-related infos.
wiiiiiiii!!! fun,fun,fun!! make sure you don´t forget to exercise your right to vote!
you´re not yet dreaming about the elections? not to worry, add-art is here!!!
on a less aggressive tone: i second alien´s idea "browsable selection of .jar's from /extensions directory so a user may choose an artpack that suits his taste. "
@alien, what I meant was, it's art. Some people aren't going to like it and I'm ok with that. I don't like a majority of what I see in museums, but I'm glad it's there and I'm glad I saw it. Sometimes it even grows on me. If we tried to show only art that made everyone happy, it would be probably be awful. And that's not the goal of Add-Art. If some people are challenged by what they see, then great! But they don't all have to like it.
Re: being U.S.-centric - the curators have the freedom to select what they find interesting. Given the traveling I've done in the past weeks, I would say, despite your personal opinion, this election seems to be of interest around the world.
And as you already know, if you don't like the images, you're free to disable the plugin. You have a choice.
If you want to choose replacement images yourself, try http://www.prowebsurfer.com/ We're working on a feature that would allow users to select various curated art feeds, but we're not there yet. If you want to work on development you can submit patches to me.
Nice thing the feed select feature is on the way. I'm not a developer though, but other thing is i know good digital artists who may wish to submit their art for the project.
Of the election - there are different kind of people, some are interested, some not.
I personally just hate politics, due to issues i won't talk about here. And i don't know a single person who's interested in US elections (Halloween is more attractive =)
2 alina: this attitude towards feedback may point out the "fundraising" nature of this photos =) In our country, a "curator" usually means a state security officer supervising some project or people.
Will hope this project won't turn from ad blocking to "content delivery" =/
I have mixed feelings about the new art. I searched out a forum initially to voice my annoyance and disappointment with the newest set of ad replacements but I have been placated by Steve's response. I will consider the pictures of what I judge to be very annoying people as art, even though they annoy me.
I don't mind being exposed to art I dislike as long as they aren't banner ads :)
@Dot Sauce, I'm sorry you don't think this show is art because it is not creative, inspiring, or beautiful to you. Perhaps you'll enjoy the next show, which comes out on Thursday.
If you want to create your own ad replacements, try http://www.prowebsurfer.com/
Thanks for the post!
-Steve
gallagally
Member
Funny you ;) Just at the moment I re-install your precious plugin, I find strange photos instead of "recognizable" works of art, so that I thought at first that my plugin was not working !
I read the explanation about the project of Jon Winet, I must say I am not extremely convinced by it but still I think it was worth a try to me.
I live in Paris but these elections, as some other said before me, are quite meaningful.
Keep on doing the good job and thanks for all that !
incrowdcynic
Member
So far this is the most disappointing set I've seen...actually creeped me out on a couple of points. If I see that chunky guy's face again...I don't know what kind of reaction I'm liable to have. Perhaps I'll start tapping up some code for the Add-Ads extension? Trace Buster Buster!
They aren't even good photographs \(!.')>. Sorry, but I don't want to see what almost looks like pictures from someone's field trip, unless its Ansel Adams just back from the Grand Canyon.
incrowdcynic
Member
"alien
Nice thing the feed select feature is on the way. I'm not a developer though, but other thing is i know good digital artists who may wish to submit their art for the project.
Of the election - there are different kind of people, some are interested, some not.
I personally just hate politics, due to issues i won't talk about here. And i don't know a single person who's interested in US elections (Halloween is more attractive =) "
I respect opinions and likes and dislikes, however I feel like that's rather childish. Not having at least a minor grasp of political on-goings or saying you're "not interested" communicates a concomitant disinterest in your own well-being, which is deplorable for an adult, and not knowing "a single person who's interested in the US elections" makes me sad for you. The whole developed world is watching our elections, and sadly people in other countries seem to have a better grasp than the citizens whom the election is for. Ridiculous!
I am really enjoying Winet's work in this context - I particularly like that it doesn't "look like art". The work is more documentary in style - the appearance of this work over the past week during my time on the web has been an ongoing experience of the unexpected - the work blurs the lines between the editorial images on various news sites such as nytimes or salon - it is odd and indeed a bit jarring to see "professional" news photography contrasted with what are essentially snapshots taken by an artist infiltrating these national events of political theater. I keep finding myself being surprised by these images and their forced connections to news imagery - last night the one of the chubby convention goer was staring longingly at the image of Obama giving his historic acceptance speech. I keep forgetting I have adart and find myself being surprised by this work in a way that is quite fascinating.
Dalillamas
Member
I have to add my voice to those who were irritated by Winet's "art", both in general and as and ad replacement, but that was before I got the current set. Getting rid of animated ads was one of the major reasons I installed this, and I don't appreciate it suddenly coming back, particularly the one thanking Dr Zizmor, which is utterly indistinguishable from and advertisement to me.
@DotSauce
Previous .jar's are located at http://add-art.org/extension/
@incrowdcynic
I've lied a bit - my little sister showed some interest in these elections =)
What comes to well-being, i'm interested in stuff i get paid for, or things i like (there's nice .jar with japanese graphics i'm using instead of new packs).
I guess it's just normal to filter the information flow, that's why i've installed Add-Art, not to look at some people thinking their show is somewhat impotant.
I can say that the whole world is watching very important developments in my backyard, and with some PR funding many would believe this =)
You must log in to post.
