Spoke with Nun about her thesis work in person earlier this week. It happened in person, which was really refreshing.
We talked about how the thesis came together naturally through many smaller projects during Nun’s time at ITP. The question of how we define something, including time itself, is truly fascinating. We also talk about art practices and how a lot of Nun is about the ability to reading between the lines, not needing to give an absolutely clear answer. I also asked about the format of the thesis presentation, and Nun agreed the 10 minutes presentation was treated like a performance itself.
A lot of the conversation later on also talked about the ownership of new media art and how much of the tech/ skill aspect of one project you need to finish on your own in order to claim it confidently as your own work. This is my question as I feel I’m short on practical skills and wondering how much outsourcing is considered appropriate in the interactive media arts field. Obviously, it is on a case by case and depends on the question the certain artwork is trying to ask. I have this sense of insecurity, especially after the Radical Network course in Berlin and the work “I produced,” which heavily relied on technical help from the instructors. There’s no way to recreate it myself, and I don’t feel confident calling it my work.
Last, we also talk about the institution we are in, which is (always) my favorite topic. We talked about what ITP was like, and how Nun became the Low Res resident, etc. Overall, a really enjoyable conversation.