OK, recently exhibited at the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art. (Huge version of this.)
When does an operating system UI element become a work of art? Is it when Artie Vierkant replicates it many times over and makes it into a huge print? Or was it art in the first place?
Vierkant produces works across a variety of media, particularly video and computer-generated graphics. Several of his pieces draw heavily on aspects of OS X, such as “OK” (above) and “Framing Exercise” (below).
Other works are not so much directly inspired by OS X, but clearly show inspiration from computer hardware and software, such as “Structure Jamming Exercise” and “cmd+cmd+cmd+cmd+cmd+cmd+” (both below).
Structure Jamming Exercise, in which iPhone photos are adjusted via a satellite TV system.
cmd+cmd+cmd+cmd+cmd+cmd+, one of a series of posts on Artie’s blog.
Cult of Mac got in touch with Artie intending to ask him to tell us more. Unfortunately he was too busy preparing for a new exhibition to take part in an interview, but kindly said we were welcome to re-publish some of his work here for Cult readers to explore.
What do you think? Is an OK button art as it stands, or does it only become art when reproduced hundreds of times in a grid? Would you hang something like “OK” or “Framing Exercise” on your wall?
