Has anyone seen this "Open Source Art" video?

[Rusalka]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18839324

I'm not sure I get the point. Do you think this is successful?

[painterswife]

Originally Posted by Rusalka

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18839324

I'm not sure I get the point. Do you think this is successful?

They are creating a direct connection with their market. It is a great marketing idea if you are comfortable with putting yourself out there in that way. It is just a video or social networking blog.

[Davkin]

For some reason the sound wouldn't work on this computer so I'm not sure what's going on. How is this different than using Youtube to market yourself?

David

[Greg Long]

Some members are using video as part of their promotional work. They may post shortly.

[Tattau]

Originally Posted by Greg Long

Some members are using video as part of their promotional work. They may post shortly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsActhGx14I

[Carcharhinus]

Most of the artists who I follow online use time-lapse videos, behind the scenes videos, and work in progress images in their blogs.

I prefer these artists a whole load more than ones who don't. I'd probably be more likely to buy one of their works if I can see the process and the person I'm supporting.

These two guys are talking like they're doing something groundbreaking however, when really I think it's just what any artist who grew up with the internet has realised is the way forward in art.

[Davkin]

If I'm understanding what they are doing it's definately not groundbreaking. Artists have been doing this same thing on YouTube for years.

David

[Davkin]

Okay, I finally remembered to try the link at home. I see the difference for the one artist is he actually does live streaming. The other thing with the stop action is really nothing new. I imagine some day I'll have to do the stop action eventually but I think I'll be drawing the line at live streaming except maybe for planned sessions, I'm not interested in becoming a reality show.

David

[Davkin]

Originally Posted by Tattau

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsActhGx14I

Okay, I finally clicked on this link now that I'm home. Frankly, I'm always disappointed when I click on a "video" like this. The least the artist could do is narrate the dang thing, otherwise it's really no different than a gallery on a website except now you're forcing people to watch through a bunch of paintings they may not be interested in. I've never watched one these videos all the way through.

David