Response to Electronics Alive

Okay, so I've gotta say I've really enjoyed the show thus far.  If I can somehow make it fit into my schedule I plan to go to the lecture about glitch art as well but I went to the reception as well as David Andrade's lecture and both were amazing.  I have to say I'm not a fan of Fountain, despite that being the centerpiece of the first lecture, but the overall topics addressed were really intriguing and I appreciated the different perspective.  I have to say as someone who really has a passion for digital art, for technology, and for working with 3D software the exhibit has made me really happy.  There have been many times where my friends, peers, and sometimes even my mentors would tell me that what I'm interested in isn't "real" art and that I'm not an actual artist and it's always been really discouraging.  For instance back in my freshman year of high school my art teacher hated me because I drew Anime.  Now it wasn't that I only knew how to draw Anime, I knew realism too but she despised Anime and refused to allow me to draw Anime in my own sketchbook telling me it was horrible and didn't require skill at all.  I quickly made enemies with her and disobeyed everything she told me.... also my realism was good enough that she knew she couldn't fail me so I walked out of that class with an A.  Though after that year she left the school to go teach elementary schoolers... poor kids... I may have made her pretty annoyed.  But I don't respect people who don't respect others so that happened.  But this art show has made me really happy because it's the opposite of what so many people have told me.  I don't really have a favorite piece, although all the animation is great and the Buddha sculpture that hums is really cool.  I actually have a really cool story though, when I was deciding what school to go to I emailed David Andrade about his thoughts on going to UT and his experiences in the industry and today I got to hear him lecture and shake his hand and thank him which was super cool to me.  So I'm super excited to have gotten to do that and look forward to keeping in contact with him.