Post Media Aesthetics

The first portion of this article seems to be referring to the need of a new means by which we categorize art in relationship to its medium. I believe the author's argument is essentially that the labels by which we judge a work will also affect how we interpret it. The writing also seems to imply that modern media is being miss categorized by these labels and in turn not doing the works created the justice they deserve. However, the author's opinion is more or less just over complicating a simple matter. Though I do agree that how we associate something will change our perspective on it, I'm of the opinion that a successful work of art would stand on its own despite such preexisting labels.

I get the impression the author is coming from the perspective of someone who is heavily involved in post-digital media giving him better insight on the nuances between digital media that would otherwise be overlooked by general audiences. However, such insight leads to (as I mentioned earlier) the over complicating a simple matter. A trained eye can easily become annoyed over trivial injustices that a more ignorant eye would ignore entirely. This leads to a misuse of knowledge which could be better oriented toward other practices.