Artist Entry 4

Another artist that intrigued me when I was surfing www.rhizome.org was Noah Pedrini. He’s a digital artist who uses interactive art to focus on the changing face of contemporary society.Although this artist primarily works with digital art, Pedrini works in “found object” art and also writes fiction and plays the guitar. It is unclear from the page what education Pedrini has obtained, he has done several digital works such as “DrugQuilt,” a digital quilt commenting on the overmedication of America, and “AnthroPosts,” a program dealing with post-it notes which I found particularly interesting.
Anthroposts is a program which organizes a collection of Post-it Notes incorporated with audio clips of ordinary people reading the quotes aloud. The post-it note collection is ever-growing and allows the viewer to have an appreciation for the individuality of the note and is meant to reflect the “communication bursts” that society experiences today. That is, a large portion of the communication that we receive is only a quick tweet, text or email away. This is an impersonal means to transfer information and is a new trend in today’s society.
After launching the artwork, I thought it was rather interesting to hear these random things. Once again I am more impressed with the concept of this piece than I am of the actual program. Initial information is necessary to have a sense of meaning in the piece. It does, however have an important message to convey about the changing face of comtemporary society.