What the soulless-art argument does to the viewer
The soulless-art argument says more about the viewer than the object. Training yourself to hate a medium can destroy your appreciation of art.
Lynn Cole / Writing
Writing
Essays, thoughts, and technical notes.
Dalí, new technology, and the appetite for disruption
Dalí’s interest in technology and disruption complicates the traditionalist picture. His 1927 photography essay offers a revealing example.
Dada in a nutshell
A compact set of Dada principles: technology, chance, social change, dissent and the contradictions that come with them.
The joyous contradictions of Dada
The joyous contradictions of Dada have a place in subversive AI art, robot poetry and random conversations with elderly relatives.
The quantum state of AI and Dada
The way we see AI changes the way we read its relationship to Dada. Technology can be a corporate instrument and a subversive art tool.
An immortal idea with a favorite ice cream flavor
Dada is an immortal idea with no clear right and wrong, but a favorite ice cream flavor. We are going to change the world with nothing.
Three points on ethics, capitalism, and gatekeeping
Three points on Dada, ethics, capitalism and the gatekeeping of valid art.
On Christ and Spider-Man, AI, Fascism, and the Soul of Art in 2023
For me, it reminds me a lot of my first exposure to bad art criticism.
An introduction to my synthetic-art practice
I’m Lynn: a lowbrow surrealist, experimental synthetic artist and hard Dadaist who sometimes makes imaginary people dance.
Collage, power, and the trouble with Dada
Collage challenged power by changing the way people saw the world and the images around them. Comfortable people did not welcome the change.
Explore new frontiers instead of policing the door
A century of gatekeeping arguments still stands between artists and new creative possibilities. I would rather explore the frontier.
What commission deadlines change in an art practice
Commission deadlines change the choices an artist can afford to make: fewer false starts, more formulas and a different kind of scrutiny.