WYSIWYG Conference 2014 Q&A

The SLG's REcreative Editorial Board and students on MA Culture, Criticism and Curation at Central Saint Martins present WYSIWYG? - an evening of presentations and discussions about the impact of the digital world on art and culture. During this Q&A, poet and curator Harry Burke, curator of digital art at the V&A Melanie Lenz, storyteller and technologist for the Lighthouse, Natalie Kane and visual artists Julia Crabtree and William Evans discuss the impact of the arts to online culture.
Much of our culture has an online aspect, providing access and allowing for democracy of presence. The technology providing the platforms of expression and communication are young, still evolving, and there are issues and dilemmas emerging.
What do artists who produce work offline think about presenting their work online? How is culture, especially art, transformed when it enters the digital world? How does the online experience of an object compare with the physical experience? What do audiences think about actual versus the digital object? What are the curatorial challenges?
This project is supported by Share Academy, a partnership between University College London, University of the Arts London and the London Museums Group, and is funded by Arts Council England.