Xavier Cortada's WebStudio

The Painting on Society
This month, May 1999, participants will be asked to consider "Society" as the topic in the WebStudio project. 

"How we interact in Society: Civil liberties and the limits of individuality (e.g.: Censorship, expression , the limits of free e-speech?"

Your rights end at the line where they meet mine.  But who is to say where that line is?  Majority rule, is it fair enough? What about an individual's perspective?  What are the limits: our speech, our actions?  In society we engage in mutual contracts to keep order--from obeying traffic lights to the rules of etiquette.  Does paying taxes or making donations to charity absolve us from social  responsibility?  Do we hold each other accountable? How? Do we focus on proscribing "negative" behaviors instead of inducing positive ones?  At what point does it infringe upon our individuality.   As communication and travel make our cultures assimilate more and more, how do we remain individualistic?  Does it matter?  Why?    



(The Live Chat is accessible only during scheduled times).

 

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Live Chatroom Log Directory for May 1999

Click on hyperlinks below to see Webcam Images and Transcripts of the Sessions for the Paintings on Society:

love-300.jpg (5145 bytes) Thu 6 May 1999
7maypix.jpg (6603 bytes) Fri 7 May 1999

See the mpegs of camera 1 and camera 2

The remaining May 1999 WebStudio sessions were dedicated to Master-Peace Elementary School murals

Click here to see last month's (April 1999) project and webcam images

 

 

WebStudio:  The Painting on Society

During the month of May 1999, WebStudio participants focus on the topic of society and create "The Painting on Society" through a collaborative process that builds upon the work from the preceeding WebStudio sessions. 

Participants interested in viewing what others have contributed can see the chatroom and image logs documenting the process.  Naturally, more participant input is available at the Participant's Gallery and in the Discussion Forum on Society.

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Click here to see last month's project and webcam images

The Love Painting:  During April 1999, over 500 invidividuals entered Xavier Cortada's WebStudio.  During this inaugural month participants were asked to consider "Love" as the topic of the WebStudio project. Some of them entered the live chatroom and collaborated with the artists in creatiing two paintings on love.  The process was documented through Webcam images and the transcripts of these sessions. 

 

Please don't  hesitate to e-mail (webstudio@cortada.com) if you need  more information or want to make recommendations.