As Hovagimyan spoke about the previous types of media
leading up to present day media, what he called “Post Media”, I would like to
point out one ideas that stood out to me. This idea that media is the ultimate
form of communication and the basis of our language. With this in mind, the
first thing I thought of was social media. So Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare,
etc. are art right? I most certainly think so. These websites share pictures,
information, and video both privately and publicly; but the part that makes
this medium a “shared tribal agreement on the meaning of any icon, symbol,
etc.” is that simple fact that it allows people to connect on so many different
levels. This highest and accessible level of communication is what I think
makes it a true art form.
Another engaging point Hovagimyan had was “art is ever
changing” almost in the sense of a computer algorithm. Social media is in the
process of this exponential change and iterations. So computers may just become
the future artists of the world. Or will art become self aware for that matter?
Anyway, here is a video on the growth of social media, and
how it supports my belief that it is a device for both artistic and linguistic
aesthetics.
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