We can relate

Nice essay from Anika Meier for Berlin Art Week, where she reflects on the history of technological innovation in art, noting that rejection has always been a common response to new artistic mediums and techniques.

“The history of art is also a history of rejection… Once the patterns that recur throughout art history become apparent, you might expect there to be a learning curve. But there isn’t one. Why is that? I’m also not sure why there is so little understanding of the fact that the very things that are so feverishly, vehemently and vocally rejected—be it photography, video, the internet, Instagram or, more recently, NFTs and artificial intelligence—ultimately win out in the end.”

She goes on to write: “The machine can teach us a different way of looking at a subject, often leaving us with another understanding and with enhanced sensibilities. We are changed. Indeed, to properly navigate our AI-future, this form of evolution is necessary. Artists and philosophers will be our guides.”