Comments on: Swoon (again) http://www.digital-literacies.com/2008/03/24/swoon-again/ Researching New Literacies, Learning and Everyday Life Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:17:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: DrJoolz http://www.digital-literacies.com/2008/03/24/swoon-again/comment-page-1/#comment-122 DrJoolz Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:23:00 +0000 http://www.digital-literacies.com/?p=61#comment-122 Yes I agree Karl. I would never have been interested in SA if it were not for Flickr. And I agree I love that thing where you can hang on to other people's experiences in photography. Yes I agree Karl. I would never have been interested in SA if it were not for Flickr. And I agree I love that thing where you can hang on to other people’s experiences in photography.

]]> By: Karl http://www.digital-literacies.com/2008/03/24/swoon-again/comment-page-1/#comment-119 Karl Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:23:00 +0000 http://www.digital-literacies.com/?p=61#comment-119 I consider that posting SA on Flickr is a superb extension of the sharing / giving element of street art. We can't all be jetting round the best SA cities but we can all get to see a lot of it on Flickr. Those with the collecting bug and who love to catalogue and research, build their collection and then tag away furiously. This in turn helps the art to become more and more accessible though the Flickr archive.<br/><br/>Artists and gallerists know that we're looking for art on Flickr so are found there too. We went to a sublime exhibition as a result of a post in a group dedicated to one artist.<br/><br/>So, Flickr further democratises SA by making in more widely available and more accessible - but also does so by allowing us to access it (or ignore it) at whatever level and on our own terms, as in offline life.<br/><br/>I find it really interesting that the Swoon wall and the (lack of) interaction with the bag carrying chap wasn't just an experience you could have but one I can now have, along with all the other Flickrites. K. I consider that posting SA on Flickr is a superb extension of the sharing / giving element of street art. We can’t all be jetting round the best SA cities but we can all get to see a lot of it on Flickr. Those with the collecting bug and who love to catalogue and research, build their collection and then tag away furiously. This in turn helps the art to become more and more accessible though the Flickr archive.

Artists and gallerists know that we’re looking for art on Flickr so are found there too. We went to a sublime exhibition as a result of a post in a group dedicated to one artist.

So, Flickr further democratises SA by making in more widely available and more accessible – but also does so by allowing us to access it (or ignore it) at whatever level and on our own terms, as in offline life.

I find it really interesting that the Swoon wall and the (lack of) interaction with the bag carrying chap wasn’t just an experience you could have but one I can now have, along with all the other Flickrites. K.

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