Internet Art - Chapter 2

Vuk Cosic's Deep ASCII was the most interesting piece out of Chapter 2 in my opinion. The fact that the "first ASCII film" was made from a pornographic movie for Vuk's own reasons is faciniting. He admits that porn has the best qualities to convert into ASCII information - the closeups, 75% of which make up the porno. The fact that the film is based on a program that makes up the old Pong video game and the porno Deep Throat were released in the same month and year provided a good excuse as to why that particular movie was chosen to represent the first ASCII film. I remain cynical and consider that it was made from a porno for the sheer indecency. If the film created was of anything else it probably wouldn't have had as much impact.

Cosic mentions in his interview that pornography makes up 50% of internet traffic, using this as a reason as to why the porn was chosen for it. I enjoy how he defends the video game industry, how it has surpassed Hollywood in terms of money-making for years on end. He compares Porn and Video Games, pointing out that Porn is decent while Games are not, Porn is more underground, while Games are out in the open, yet games are not immoral and do not garner attention as art, while it is a serious medium in terms of art. I agree that video games should receive more attention from the art community.