{"id":54,"date":"2012-02-23T13:12:59","date_gmt":"2012-02-23T13:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/superabundance.co.uk\/book\/?page_id=54"},"modified":"2013-01-17T00:56:54","modified_gmt":"2013-01-17T00:56:54","slug":"reita-gussie","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/superabundance.co.uk\/book\/reita-gussie\/","title":{"rendered":"Reita Gussie"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Teoman

‘Look over here jpg’ – 2002<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cWorrying too much about materials is sometimes a way of deferring responsibility. \u201c<\/h1>\n

I\u2019m not exclusively interested in how computers interpret data. That is just a part of it.
\nWhen I first started working on computers I wanted to know more about how the images were represented. I learned programing in machine code. It was the tool for programing small computers at the time, which was perfect for understanding how image data was stored and displayed.
\nNow hardware and software have become extremely sophisticated. A lot of the new stuff is mostly beyond my understanding. This is just as well as I\u2019m no longer fixated on the inner workings. Content is the only thing of significance now.
\nIt is a bit like a painter obsessing about the materials and construction of a brush. It is relevant but obviously not the most important element. I can\u2019t see the tools ever becoming more important than the subject. I\u2019ve known people obsess over materials and equipment, as if they somehow elevate the work through superior construction and presentation. Getting overly concerned about the type of expensive paper or chemicals used is not productive. The final image is altered slightly and there is a difference, but how much of the \u2018improvement\u2019 gets in the way?
\nSome work definitely benefits from a simple direct approach. Worrying too much about materials is sometimes a way of deferring responsibility. As in; if the work isn\u2019t up to scratch it\u2019s probably the materials that have let it down.
\nConversely, if Leonardo had used more conventional materials some of his frescoes would have survived better.<\/p>\n

Are cheap materials just as good? Can they be trusted?
\nThere is something to be said for material selection I suppose but often it tends to get in the way of actually producing the work.
\nSometimes you\u00a0just have to let things happen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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