Project for fun
I was thinking today about art and how troublesome it is for artists to get noticed and appreciated. While there are art galleries and places to showcase pieces, the truth is that most art goes completely unnoticed. There are great places online to browse art — deviantart is one of them — but its difficult to sort through all the pieces and only artists spend their time on deviantart. It seems as though art has become appreciated only by those who create art themselves or have so much money that they buy fantastic pieces to show off to their house guests.
I don’t really like how art is distributed in the world today so I think I’m going to change it. I’m going to work on a project for fun that should come out within the next two weeks that will allow you to showcase art in your Facebook, MySpace, and various profiles from artists that live near you. It will be a great way for artists to turn people’s profiles into galleries and a great way for users to see some of the art they won’t normally see.
It’ll also be relatively interesting to see the differences in the styles from city to city. This project will be completely funded by me so you won’t have to worry about people stealing the art. Artists will get full credit for their pieces and will be able to receive messages from users.
The cool part of the project will be the distribution mechanism. Art that is clicked on most often will be shown more often in people’s profiles than art that isn’t clicked on. And new pieces will get preferential treatment. The point is to create a competitive space for artists without invoking a hostile culture.
The name of the product will be fwix.net — nothing’s there yet, but look out for it if you’re reading this blog. If anyone is interested in donating to the project or working on it, let me know.