Regine October 20, 2006 gadgets

The Art-O-Meter

This doesn’t need any comment from me:

“Art-O-Meter is a device that measures the quality of an art piece. It bases its evaluation on the amount of time that people spend in front of an artwork compared to the total time of exhibition. The measurements are graphically represented by comments and a 5 star rating system.

Without the interaction of a viewer, the Art-O-Meter will register time like a regular clock. However, when a user enters the area covered by its motion sensor, a second timer is triggered and it will count time as the viewer observes the artwork.”

Video.

A work by Marcelo Coelho.
Merci Cati!

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1

Da Scritch on October 21, 2006 at 3:48 pm

Does it read “Piece of crap” on the last line ?
2

Sascha on October 21, 2006 at 10:03 pm

It’s an extremely blunt idea, but I can’t help loving it.
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Matt Dennewitz on October 22, 2006 at 10:25 pm

Interesting re-consideration of the term “quality” with respect to art. A piece that “engages” the viewer to stand in front of it while giving a vicious critique is measured as high as one that recieves a stretch of laud or even casual-to-indifferent observation.
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Bordios07 on October 22, 2006 at 10:59 pm

Too bad it cannot adjust to the viewer’s integrity/intelligence.
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Marc on October 22, 2006 at 11:01 pm

It says “Piece de Merde”
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haydesigner on October 22, 2006 at 11:04 pm

What happens when the Art-O-Meter becomes more interesting than the art piece itself?
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belg4mit on October 22, 2006 at 11:09 pm

It does say “piece of a shit” for one star.
This is so unscientific though, people seem more interested in the meters than the art. It also taints the results by showing current subjects previous results. I suppose that’s the “point” though. Then again, a more realistic and useful use for this would be for museums looking to borrow works… determing which pieces to ask for, and provide insight for exhibition layout (traffic flow as it reults to pauses).
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ExPolitico on October 22, 2006 at 11:45 pm

Perhaps a more directional, less visible device might produce the same results. As it is, it’s kinda crude.
What does it cost and where has it be trialed?
Send info to my e-mail address.
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William on October 23, 2006 at 12:45 am

merde=crap, so yes, yes it does, hehe.
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Matt Boeddiker on October 23, 2006 at 4:38 am

Thats an excelent idea. But I think it may be wise to hide the art-o-meter from the viewers. It may alter opinions, and make people stay longer or shorter than expecter. We were all thinking that.
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Ed on October 23, 2006 at 4:51 am

Love it. Both as an idea and a social comment… I can just hear the bean counters now:
“Hmm, seems this piece hasn’t rated so high on the art-o-meter. It’ll have to go.”
12

Berto on October 23, 2006 at 10:29 am

Let me think on the “Visual Art Appreciator” of
Vic Joseph 1981. To see in the collection of
http://www.montevideo.nl Index note “fake and satire’.
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Brett on October 23, 2006 at 12:27 pm

I enjoy it as well, considering I have something similar on the back burner: http://www.artometer.net.
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Jeff Rainey on October 23, 2006 at 6:06 pm

The devise should definitely be hidden and, if it does not already, take into account the total number of people that walked into the gallery as well as the placement of the piece in the gallery (some locations would be better than others).
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jt kingly on October 24, 2006 at 5:05 pm

Clever commentary on the quantifing time as money. Scalable up to the millions-per-1/4 minute on the Super Bowl.
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Erik on February 8, 2009 at 6:11 pm

As an art piece, itself, I find it interesting. As a statement on today’s society and a reminder that much art is no longer for the sake of art.
As a product, I am terribly unimpressed. I suppose it is an interesting way to monitor the monetization of art. If I were strictly creating art for capitalistic purposes, this would probably be of more interest. (I realize the irony of what I am saying in the context of this blog.)
As I don’t, I find it to be a waste of resources, a sad statement about the relationship between the artist and gallery and just another piece of consumerist waste created from petrochemicals and heavy metals.

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