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- Janis Jefferies
- Janis Jefferies is an artist, writer, curator, and Professor of Visual Arts in the Department of Computing at Goldsmiths College, University of London. She is Artistic Director of Goldsmiths Digital Studios and Director of the Constance Howard Resource and Research Centre in Textiles. Jefferies was trained as a painter and later pioneered the field of contemporary textiles within visual and material culture, internationally through exhibitions and texts. In the last five years she has been working on technological based arts, including Woven Sound (with Dr. Tim Blackwell). She has been a principal investigator on projects involving new haptic technologies by bringing the sense of touch to the interface between people and machines and generative software systems for creating and interpreting cultural artifacts, museums and the external environment. In the spring 2009 semester, Jefferies will be a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Fiber and Material Studies.
for me, skill helps in the creation of the physical object. in an visual art based practice, the concept is communicated through the visual. if the physical object is lacking, is the concept still communicated?
ReplyDeleteAs a viewer, I'm much more likely to spend time with a piece that shows the maker's skill, craftsmanship, and care for the work itself. Evident skill shows that the maker respects their medium -- and me the viewer! If the physical object is lacking, I might not take the time to interpret the concept.
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