Comments on: Add-Art: Achieving Their Mandate? http://www.marissaneave.com/2008/06/add-art/ art + space + audience Thu, 28 Oct 2010 05:33:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Matt Katz http://www.marissaneave.com/2008/06/add-art/comment-page-1/#comment-286 Matt Katz Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:30:27 +0000 http://www.marissaneave.com/?p=64#comment-286 Hi Marissa! I'm one of the developers on add-art and it is great to read a really thoughtful piece on something we've worked so hard on. We've definitely wrestled with the issues you are bringing up. We haven't gotten where we want to yet, preferring to "<a href="http://fffff.at" rel="nofollow">release early, often and with rap music.</a>" Good news: #1 we have code ready to go for this, we just need a couple more things to line up so that we can provide tooltip attribution. We've had a big debate about links. I'm opposed to them, because one of the first criticisms that we always get is "Aren't you just replacing advertisements with advertisements for art?" As I see it, the point is to replace advertisements with <em>something better</em>. I don't want to put links in, I want the art to stand for itself, as itself. You wanna google Hiroshige? Go right ahead. But a link means I'm telling you to go to a particular site, which kind of turns it into an advertisement as I see it. The plan we currently have is to expand the project in a different way. We'd like any site to be able to offer a feed of art for display by add-art so that we over at add-art.org aren't the gatekeepers for what kind of art folks are seeing. That means that the ability to supply links for art is a very tricky topic as it then becomes a tool to drive traffic to provider sites. And then we are just another form of advertisement. I really like your comments - any chance of continuing the discussion on the <a href="http://forums.add-art.org" rel="nofollow">add-art forums</a>, where other folks are more likely to participate? p.s. I also noticed that you are on ffffound! That site is awesome! Any chance I can get an invite? Hi Marissa!
I’m one of the developers on add-art and it is great to read a really thoughtful piece on something we’ve worked so hard on.
We’ve definitely wrestled with the issues you are bringing up.
We haven’t gotten where we want to yet, preferring to “release early, often and with rap music.”
Good news: #1 we have code ready to go for this, we just need a couple more things to line up so that we can provide tooltip attribution.
We’ve had a big debate about links. I’m opposed to them, because one of the first criticisms that we always get is “Aren’t you just replacing advertisements with advertisements for art?” As I see it, the point is to replace advertisements with something better.
I don’t want to put links in, I want the art to stand for itself, as itself. You wanna google Hiroshige? Go right ahead. But a link means I’m telling you to go to a particular site, which kind of turns it into an advertisement as I see it.
The plan we currently have is to expand the project in a different way. We’d like any site to be able to offer a feed of art for display by add-art so that we over at add-art.org aren’t the gatekeepers for what kind of art folks are seeing.
That means that the ability to supply links for art is a very tricky topic as it then becomes a tool to drive traffic to provider sites. And then we are just another form of advertisement.
I really like your comments – any chance of continuing the discussion on the add-art forums, where other folks are more likely to participate?

p.s.
I also noticed that you are on ffffound! That site is awesome! Any chance I can get an invite?

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