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Introduction to the ArtistsBy Carl BialikAt a recent open-studio show for Yale School of Art graduate students, a visiting art critic entered one student's studio and began complimenting the digital art work displayed there. When asked what he thought of digital art, the critic replied, "Usually computer art is the worst shit in the world. What makes these [pieces] good is they don't look like computer art." Critics of art and music are ambivalent about computer art and music. Although composers have been using electronic tape in music for decades and pioneering artists were using computers in the 1960s, the Art Establishment has been slow to accept these innovations. The Yale Schools of Music and Art faculties generally encourage students who wish to pursue these art forms. However, there is not an adequate lab for undergraduate students to edit video or work with high-quality images. According to one undergraduate who did not want to be named, "Compared to Harvard and other schools, Yale has awful, awful equipment." Digital artist Michael Sagalowicz, ES '98, added, "The question remains how long it will take the administration to get their heads out of their asses and support the creation of this kind of lab." Despite naysayers in the art world, and despite insufficient equipment, a number of Yale students express their artistic energy with computers. Meet these five Yale digital artists and their works.
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