Suzan Perin Eraslan
Capacitor Magazine
Capacitor Magazine is an online gallery and editorial site with a strong social networking component for artists working in emerging technologies to connect and communicate with a new and broader audience.
http://www.capacitormagazine.com
Using the concept of social networking as a base, I want to connect artists who are working with emerging techologies to to a wider audience via the Internet. Users, or collectors, would be able to browse artwork, read about artists, and keep abreast of new and interesting projects, all of which they can keep in their own personalized galleries and share with their friends. Artists would be able to communicate directly to an audience they know is interested in their work and get feedback from their collectors through the site.
For this project, I talked to both artists and those who enjoy this type of art but have little access to it. The overwhelming response from artists was that it was difficult to get their work seen, while friends and acquaintances felt that there was a lot of work to be enjoyed if only they knew where to find it. I also read several works on art, both general and related to new media, and I did extensive research to exclude the possibility that a site like this already exists.
People who are internet savvy but not necessarily \"tech-y.\" People who use social networking platforms like Last FM in order to keep track of media that they like. Artists and art enthusiasts.
Users will register an account with the site. Then they can begin browsing and \"plugging\" things that they like-- essentially adding to a list of favorites that is their own personal gallery. Artists who are featured on the site will have accounts through which they can make announcements, update their work and profiles, and talk to their collectors. Users don\'t necessarily have to register an account in order to browse, only to collect.
The project is a social networking site. I\'ve found the artists, done the interviews, collected work to show, written articles, and coded everything.
That sites like this DEFINITELY need a lot of people working on them-- trying to do back end, front end, content, and talent scouting is a huge amount of things to do!
For this project, I talked to both artists and those who enjoy this type of art but have little access to it. The overwhelming response from artists was that it was difficult to get their work seen, while friends and acquaintances felt that there was a lot of work to be enjoyed if only they knew where to find it. I also read several works on art, both general and related to new media, and I did extensive research to exclude the possibility that a site like this already exists.
People who are internet savvy but not necessarily \"tech-y.\" People who use social networking platforms like Last FM in order to keep track of media that they like. Artists and art enthusiasts.
Users will register an account with the site. Then they can begin browsing and \"plugging\" things that they like-- essentially adding to a list of favorites that is their own personal gallery. Artists who are featured on the site will have accounts through which they can make announcements, update their work and profiles, and talk to their collectors. Users don\'t necessarily have to register an account in order to browse, only to collect.
The project is a social networking site. I\'ve found the artists, done the interviews, collected work to show, written articles, and coded everything.
That sites like this DEFINITELY need a lot of people working on them-- trying to do back end, front end, content, and talent scouting is a huge amount of things to do!