| Jonn Herschend & Will Rogan | The Art Assignment

[@gorandomgirl]

This assignment is fascinating. I'm in the middle of exams at the moment, but I'll come back to it once they're over! I love the concept of turning a bunch of pixels on a screen into a physical thing that one can hold.

[@autumnbrookesings]

OH MY GOSH I LOVE THE INVADER!! I NOW KNOW WHO TO CREDIT FOR ALL OF THE PAC-MANS AND INVADERS AND AMAZINGNESS THAT I SAW ALL OVER WHEN I VISITED PARIS LAST SUMMER!! The tour guide mentioned them, so I looked out for them and saw them everywhere, but I never really got any background on them. I just had so much fun looking for them.

[@brittanyalways7276]

This is the first assignment where I know for sure what I am going to be doing.

[@MsDafiM]

I love that you expanded on the assignment using the work of a street artist, and Invader made a perfect choice. Great assignment! already thinking about it... :)

[@studiocurtis]

Favorite quote from this: "What is quality... it's made with enough care that you want to take care of it." - John Herschend

[@kenjinks5465]

I make algorithmic art, exploring evolution and emergent behaviour. This makes the invisible visible.

[@firewordsparkler]

In love with this idea.

[@BrianHutzellMusic]

I love that they are using VHS tape! I’ve always wanted to release an album in obsolete format: cassette, reel-to-reel, wax cylinder, 78, 8-track, etc. Of course someone could immediately digitize the music and reduce it to MP3s, but the real beauty would be in the physical object as much as the music on it.

[@laurendesousa8119]

Instant inspiration! But I'm stupid busy right now, so my inspiration will have to wait.

[@Madamuuu]

Wow, I've actually seen some of those pixelated artworks that John was talking about. I see them in Shibuya and Ikebukuro when I head out to Tokyo sometimes. I always thought they were so cool, but I didn't realise it was the same artist doing them ^^;.

[@mrseihyun]

My friend sent me a short passage she wrote, and this could be the perfect way to express my reactions to her! This assignment is so exciting beause it made me think of what I want most to be in real life! The thoughts of it makes me happy and opens so many things in the future! This is too late as a comment.

[@cforan23]

As a true lover of physical objects (I studied art history, after all ...), I love what these artists are doing in terms of pushing people to consider their relationship to objects. I also think this is super interesting to think about in terms of what the Walker is currently offering in its shop: www.nytimes.com/2015/03/19/arts/artsspecial/for-the-walker-art-center-a-shop-that-peddles-evanescence.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share&_r=0 Similar ideas of mass availability and democratization of big-ticket art, only they are accomplishing it through employing new media, versus using traditional distribution models (the magazine) as a resistance to it.

[@TheLuluTrue]

The easiest thing would probably be creating some sort of tumblr stream or facebook timeline in form of a photo wall. But maybe I'll also think of something different. Definitely going to keep this Art Assignment in mind.

[@djspike969fm]

So inspired!!

[@TheCowgirlgem]

I often find that when (even slightly) older artists, particularly trained artists talk about the internet, they talk as if they have never really engaged with the internet. John and Will talked about putting energy towards the internet, and how hard it is for something to rise up, but they seem to be missing the many, many amazing art communities online and they seem to be talking as if digital art is less precious than physical art.

[@quixiiify]

I really like the ideas behind this! I'm not instantly inspired, but I really hope I can come up with something because it sounds so cool.

[@Xenolilly]

Only parents have VHS players. Funny. Now super hipsters own beta players or maybe Laser disk players? This assignment has a whole lot of potential. I'm not struggling for ideas this time round. The hardest part will be to make it nice. To the secret lab!

[@SciJoy]

Xenolilly I love the thought of a secret art assignment lab.

[@Xenolilly]

Me too. :)

[@ARTiculations]

Xenolilly I don't know if I know any one in my life as this point, including parents, who can play VHS lol

[@estrellacasias]

Xenolilly all my movies I've ever purchased and have rn are vhs because I don't have money to buy new DVDs. Just let films. 🙃🙃🙃

[@MedousaChan]

I already make costumes out of 8-bit/16-bit characters, I think this is gonna be my first art assignment! I'll try to change what I usually do and make something different for this :)

[@theartassignment]

Hopper x Awesome. Can't wait to see what you do.

[@SciJoy]

I have a thought. Who wants to do an Art Assignment meet up at VidCon and maybe exchange these physical things with each other?

[@guitargirl355]

I won't be at VidCon but the thought of an Art Assignment meet up is really lovely.

[@Hussiens]

SciJoy DEAL!

[@ashleyness683]

SciJoy Oooh, me! I'm totally down. Should we do it Secret Santa style? Maybe we can make a quick survey and have someone in mind as we're making thing.

[@KannikCat]

SciJoy I like that thought! }:) That gives us... almost exactly two months to do this. Hmmm, what to make, what to make...

[@SciJoy]

AshleynessVlogs I really like that idea. My only concern is if someone finds these comments and wants to join in, but we've already picked secret santa. Whatever the group wants, I'm good with.

[@ragnkja]

I rather like bookbinding. Maybe I could print a story I keep coming back to and bind it into a book? I don't know anyone I'd give that to, though.

[@jennahj_]

I uploaded my response in a picture...I'm really tempted to print it out. Then I would have a physical version of a virtual version of a physical representation of a virtual thing. :)

[@blindseeing]

1:48 I knew those were David Shrigley's drawings the moment I saw them! Haha!

[@locdao1610]

How can Sarah link every contemporary artwork to something in the past ? I mean, it must be really hard work researching ! #lovelovelove

[@theartassignment]

Hahaha. IT IS HARD :).

[@BryM.]

I don't know why, but I'm drawing a complete blank for this. All I can think of is to maybe draw something from a video game I like? But that seems too easy because that's just fanart. People do that all the time. idk, maybe I'm overthinking it...? :/

[@jennahj_]

If you still might do this, I have a few suggestions :) Think of something more abstract from the Internet, so it will be more interesting to make into a physical object. For example, I got a bunch of objects together and photographed them to represent my relationship with nerdfighteria and the Internet. I haven't quite finished the assignment yet, but when I do, I'll link you to it :)

[@jennahj_]

Also, I didn't know who to give my assignment to, so could I potentially give it to you (or any other commenters reading this) virtually?

[@jennahj_]

Here's my assignment: pretty-little-birdie.tumblr.com/post/123308824970/the-art-assignment-make-a-thing-my-journey

[@sammyangel98]

Yes I'm going to try this one!! Imagine a real life poop emoji tho

[@Twosocks42]

I suppose it is the smartass in me that led to my first thought on bringing an "emoji into existence" would be to gift someone with the poop emoji. I need to get more sleep. >>

[@shortneyx]

I have an awesome idea for this, but I don't know if I have to knowledge/resources to pull it off... stay tuned...

[@andyross3298]

Not sure this is the right place for this comment, but after reading a recent piece by Adam Gopnik about the economics of art, I thought the combined powers of Sarah and John (a mashup of The Art Assignment + Crash Course Economics) to tackle the question of how much art is really worth, or at least what are the different ways of thinking about the question of "value" in the art world. Getting your insight on the art market, as other-worldly as it seems to be, would be very fascinating, I think. www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/06/01/art-and-money-gopnik

[@musiclover2165]

*sigh I'm so not creative enough for this stuff. *puts on thinking cap I need to finally do my first art assignment.

[@davidshi451]

Nick Offerman has got you covered on the emojis: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2nKeKarjNSoeqc (Seriously I'm starting to think Offerman is some kind of internet prophet or something)

[@Xenolilly]

David Shi Wow. I think he might be!

[@abandonedrocketship]

I'm doing a cosplay of a video game character this weekend, but I can't give myself as a gift, and I was already planning on doing that anyway, so that's cheating. I'll think about it!

[@theartassignment]

abandonedRocketship Who says you can't give yourself as a gift?

[@MissiveCauseIMissYou]

abandonedRocketship Well you are supposed to share it virtually, are you not? Have a friend who likes the character? Maybe take a photo of yourself in character and send that to them. That way they get to see both you and the awesome cosplay you created. : J