Something that I think about is the practice of making art. As an artist I expand my ideas of the world by creating physical objects that point to a spiritual/metaphysical reality. The making of objects is my job, but is it my job to literally make the object with my OWN hands?
I've been exposed to laser cutters and 3D printers, devices that allow us to use the computer to make the physical objects we desire and with our exact intentions. This is perfect isn't it, objects that make exactly what we want?
An issue that stems in using these machines is why? If these machines are so perfect then what is the reason for the artist? When a laser cutter or a 3D printer is used, we seem to associate the artwork as manufactured, or one step removed from the artist, so therefore, to keep this post short, we must have purpose for why we are taking away our human nature of creating with our own physical hands.
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