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   [Date]: Wed, 06 Oct 1999 11:17:19 -0500
   [From]: "Juan Jose Diaz Infante" <jdiazinfante@altamiracave.com>
     [To]: Cultural Exchange via Internet <forum1@hkw.kbx.de>
[Subject]: Re: [forum1] Re: The Shrinking Web and What to Do About it

Hi all
Anjali

I think I am not explaining myself right.

What I am trying to convey is a way of refocusing the problem.
Let=B4s take India for instance. ( I know Hussain and his work very well and I
published a book object with the work of Raza. I have also been at Chester's
house in Worcester in the US and visited his collection of contemporary
Indian Art at his leather factory)

Defining the situation.

!.- India is the software factory of the world (99% comes from there)

The artist is somebody else. The approach has to be to a different person
altogehther. The traditional artist becomes the artisan of the 20th century.
The new artist has another personality all in itself. Let=B4s remember that
Ars Electronica gave an award to Linux.

The problem becomes the context in which we frame our reallity. India is
already submerged in new technology. The new Indian artist does not need to
connect. It is the World outside that should be preocupied in connecting
with him. Change of context =3D Change of conversation.

regards

Juan



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>From: "Anjali Arora" <anjali@artbrush.net>
>Date: mi=E9r., 6 octu 1999 06:06

> Juan, you may be right about this, but my generalized comment was in the
> limited context of whether the Web is a democratic tool, or an elitist on=
e.
> There are of course a million other factors that will determine the succe=
ss
> of the business.
>
> In many cases, where it is believed that the web is available to a very f=
ew,
> the problem lies with those people not willing to unlearn old methods, an=
d
> pick up new ones. I feel this is the problem area for the artists that Ch=
ris
> Drew mentions in today's post ( Pl. correct me if I am wrong on this.) As
> far as I can see, there are really no financial or infrastructural proble=
ms
> which prevent these artists of Chicago from benefitting from the Web.
> Similar is the case in India, too, where artists who have been working in
> the traditional manner are not willing to try out the new. In fact, some =
of
> the older ones actually think it some kind of artistic compromise to crea=
te
> using new technologies.