Yesterday the last printed copy of AN dropped through my letterbox.
This is sad and I am really sorry to see its demise in physical form.
However, if the money is going to be diverted to improve the digital version then this is very good news, especially if it means improved navigational tools.
No artist today can afford not to be computer literate.
For culture in the 21st century is all about the blurring of edges between different arts forms and convergence thanks to digital technologies.
What’s more this can all be accessed on mobile devices. Free.
Where does this leave the artist? how do we fit into the new digital cultural landscape that is emerging?
I wish I could see ten years ahead but I suspect that the digital tools we will be using to say something new about the world we live in have yet to be invented.
When I graduated from Glasgow School of Art ten years ago Youtube, Facebook,Twitter did not exist.
So, sad to see the demise of AN in physical form but hello to our Brave New World.
