Shanken 45-54

On page 45, Shanken discuses the introduction of VR or "virtual reality" and that artists such as Jaron Lanier, developed the piece called The Sound of One Hand. It really impresses me whenever something is made that wasn't exactly intended to be used for art becomes it's another medium for an artist to expand their craft and try something new. When an artist steps out of their element and tries a different medium helps them become more versatile, which is a good thing. As VR technology gets better, things like (Cave Automatic Virtual Environment) or CAVE is basically a six sided room projecting a 3-D like environment and allows the person to be immersed in this virtual space, which is awesome. Shanken further discuses how art and technology are coming together when he says "the idea of joining art and technology seemed captivating", and he supports this by mentioning artists such as Cage, Rauschenberg and Paik (47). Art and technology joining together during the art creation process is something that I am very interested in and to create art with technology is fun.