pathology of an art project

there is quite some time now that i see everyone being interested in the technologies we are trying to learn, implement and use for artistic mainly expression. i think this creates a great pathology to the art scene as a whole and it is mainly due to one reason....Ignorance!!!!!

every body has an opinion for matters and topics that he/she barely touches and explores, the most interesting of all is that i see people that have not yet familiarize themselves with electronic sound as a genre and when they describe their notion of electronic sound you understand that they are looking for something else. the same goes for sensors visual actuators etc. it is so often that you realize that the person responsible for setting up an interactive projects does not want/need interaction!!!!! he/she merely used that word for impression and when you actually get down to discuss interaction related issues you realize that he/she has planned and designed something totally different.

there is a mistake on our part (people that actually try to understand and use this technology) and is the following.
our fear of not being considered an 'artist' makes trying to respond to any stupid mf that thinks that has an idea extraordinaire only to find yourself in a situation when you are trying to convince the person that invite us in the first place to complete a task, for the necessity of this task in his/her show!!!!! this is time consuming and most of the times produces no result at all, it is just a situation where you find yourself offering without a return. this is certainly the case is greece this is why you can find so many projects never reaching production stage appart from planning and proposal.....!

this is because the people that deisgn them have not got a clue of what they are after what it is possible to be achieved with specific technologies and therefore present a solid case of a project that is possible to get funded and completed.....

you need to believe on an idea in order to implement it. you have to know deep down inside that you can do it by yourself and that you will do it if you have to and later going to find partners to work with.... especially if you can't offer a fee for services you want you need passion and knowledge of what you are negotiating in order to convince someone to participate....

if you ask something crazy make sure that you would do it aswell.... there are people that work like that with an example being Panos Tsagkarakis.... bravo Panos..... this is guy is so fucking demanding but he makes himself available anytime if he has to achieve and complete something he wants....