Artist Collaboration

Artist communication and collaboration
-Collaboration
-Sharing ideas with people
- A network society

A Network society
The internet allows interconnection and interactivity between artists. The internet offers a place for like minded people to gather and discuss their interests, and there is support on the internet that may not be available to the individual user.
There are three different types of networks; social, economic and information. They are fairly self explanatory; the social network is who you know, whether it is friends to support you or corporate entities to peddle your artwork to.

Street Art
Street art is marginalized and are generally not seen as 'true' art by the general public. Street art is also very elusive, hiding in corners and little used alleyways. It is not meant to be seen by the general public, it is rather secretive and exclusive; you have to search to find it.

Street Art has made its presence known online, through websites that showcase their art. The websites allow communication between artists, as well as gaining feedback from viewers.

One such website is woosterCollective.com. The WoosterCollective is a"site dedicated to showcasing and celebrating ephemeral art placed on streets in cities around the world." (www.woostercollective.com)
The art on that site is posted by the artists themselves, and it also has links to other street art websites, as well as other street art projects and collectives. WoosterCollective allows you to post your reactions to the art works present.

Produser
A produser is a cross between a consumer and a producer. There is a growing trend of users who are becoming produsers; users who produce the content, but also consume it at the same time. Produsers is influenced by the gaming sector and the End-User Agreements as well as the Open Source Movements.

Machinima
Machinima is a cross between machine, cinema and animation.

Machinima is an example of emergent game play, and a process of putting game tools to unexpected ends. Machinima is taken from screen shots within a game and is edited to create a new work. Machinima can be created through multi-player collaborations, as many people gather to follow a set routine or script.
Because of the controversial nature of Machinima (as it is effectively using someone else's artwork and could be subject to copyright infringements), Machinima is a political protest combined with entertainment.

There is a website dedicated solely to machinima at: www.machinima.com/