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Site ContentThis site is for fellow art lovers and artists who are curious about ways to share their work. It was made for my English 106 "Pop Culture Approach" class. Our assignment was to create a website relating a subject to digital technology. This site focuses on the relationship between artists and how they use social media to share their works. In today's day and age, it is nearly impossible to find someone who is not a part of a digital culture. That being said, social media has become one of the most convenient ways to promote art.
Within this site you will find information about Ai Weiwei, Denice Frohman, KeseyPollock, and Spencer Tunick whom I was fortunate enough to interview. I have chosen these artists because their styles vary from one another, yet they all use social media to help stage their art. What is Social MediaSocial media refers to the creating, sharing, and exchanging of information and ideas among people in a virtual community or network . This includes Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, YouTube, Google+, Yahoo, and many more. Online websites, more specifically social networks, are today's primary way of sharing information. They can be quick, convenient and straight to the point. According to an article by Kyle MacMillan, "Worldwide monthly users of Facebook alone have grown from 500 million in July 2010 to more than 1 billion as of December, which includes more than half the population of the United States." (MacMillan) That means that the percentage of potential fans is a prodigious size so artists have little choice but to take part. Social networks are no longer just way of checking up on old friends or liking a status post, but have now become an extremely beneficial component to artists and sharing their work.
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Works Cited
- Jacobs, Andrew. "China Takes Dissident Artist Into Custody." The New York Times. 3 April 2011. The New York Times. Web. 10 April 2013
- Tunick, Spencer. "Biography." Spencer Tunick. Web. 10 Apr. 2013.
- Sydell, Laura. "Art And Consequence: A Talk With China's Controversial Ai Weiwei." NPR. NPR, 16 Apr. 2011. Web. 10 Apr. 2013.
- Tunick, Spencer. Telephone Interview. 4 April 2013.
- MacMillian, Kyle. "Arts Organizations Take to Social Media to Share Collections." Chicago Sun-Times [Chicago] 11 Feb. 2013: 3-4. Print.