Nice interview with John Transue in Philadelphia based Title Magazine regarding his digital arts practice.
“Around the same time, I registered my first domain:http://johntransue.net. I wasn’t getting any shows, grants or anything really. My .net was my show. My .net became my practice. I was painting in Photoshop and publishing straight to web. I was no longer waiting for oil paint to dry or paying for art materials. I had my computer, internet access and that was all I needed. I wasn’t sure if anyone was seeing the work I was putting up, so I started to get into social networking, Facebooking, and Rhizome. I became interested in found materials via surfing/browsing and finding the latest in warez via peer2peer networks.
Ultimately I realized that most people will not see your work in a gallery context, but rather as a photograph on a website or in a magazine. I became more interested in making a .jpg or a .mov than I was in making a sculpture, taking a photograph, transferring it to my computer, adjusting the colors, and uploading it.”
