A Dublin Art and Technology Association panel discusion @ Darklight '09: The use of the newest technology in art is still sometimes viewed with suspicion - only when a technology becomes both ubiquitous and mainstream is it fully accepted. When a technology becomes obsolete, a futher transformation occurs and it becomes invested with a certain artistic value. Brand new technologies in their day - think the slide projector, the 16mm projector and the needle on the record - all carry with them now this repurposed sense of artistic significance. What will happen, however, when analogue technology is no longer a point of comparison or recollection? The Big Question: is it already time already for a new media nostalgia?
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