Comments on: What do you see in a split-second?

By: Static Made | Podcast 011: Go! with @shell7

Static Made | Podcast 011: Go! with @shell7 — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 15:31:25 +0000

[…] Notes: Brooklyn Museum ArtShare Click! Split Second Go: A Community-Curated Open Studio Project Shelley’s Blog at brooklynmuseum.org […]

By: dooky

dooky — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 19:41:19 +0000

nice i like art

By: Johannes

Johannes — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:14:39 +0000

I find this politically highly suspicious and manipulative. If this would be a scientific experiment (how many figures can you count in a split second) – oh, well, just fine. Regarding any aesthetic or curatorial criteria, this undertaking is pandering to crowd-sourcing and old people trying to connect with what young people use. It’s the prejudice accelerator. You know that curator comes from Latin curare – it means to take care of, to foster, to look after – it’s about time and love – and taking responsibility for one’s action. Art is about observing, taking time, looking in detail – opening one’s mind to other perspectives which one had not encountered yet. If this “experiment” (which it is absolutely not – it is only superficial and it’s all in the eye of the beholder=reviewer of the collected data) so: if this “experiment” is really meant to bring meaning forward, to add to what you don’t know, you will most likely only see as result what you knew before.

By: asian art enthusiast

asian art enthusiast — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 23:48:16 +0000

Split Second was an incredibly fun way to get what amounted to a brief but intense refresher course in the basics of Indian art. I’d love to do this exercise again for other areas of art.

By: Emily Citraro

Emily Citraro — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 15:11:19 +0000

I enjoyed this but kept getting told to look faster, however, I am on a small laptop and the screen size only allowed me to see a small portion of the images. Perhaps some consideration for the fact that I was then basing my decision on only the upper half of the work should be made. I didn’t have time to scroll and see the bottom half and I didn’t know before I started what screen size I might need. Thanks for the experiment.

By: art lover

art lover — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 11:23:48 +0000

The choice of 1=left and 2=right needs to be repeated on each page, not shown only once at beginning. “Intriguing” is not the word I’d have chosen. “Attractive” would be better, since “intriguing” implies “more complicated”. A portrait of a single person would be attractive, but less intriguing than a complex scene with many figures. A major issue is which paintings are clear (cleaned?) an easy to see.

By: ToniR

ToniR — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 04:50:50 +0000

Thank you for providing the opportunity to participate in your exhibit. I’ve never done this before, but I hope more institutions follow your example.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 21:25:51 +0000

I think it’s great that some museums are starting to involve the public in the initial stages of their exhibitions. It would be even better to incorporate equally democratic interpretive initiatives in the physical gallery space when the show opens. I have a masters in art history, but know very little about Indian art. This project taught me a lot about what is appealing to me in Indian art and also really makes me want to make the trip (from Kansas City) to Brooklyn to see the show.
Thanks for including me!
~Sarah

By: Amy B

Amy B — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 23:45:33 +0000

An interesting project! I started out having fun but for some reason either my clicking wasn’t fast enough or my hitting the 1 or 2 wasn’t working as I got the “try again” page after a few artworks – and this happened four times! I finally succeeded. I did enjoy the one-word description activity in part two.

Also, I thought it would be a shorter exercise – perhaps I took the “Split Second” too literally.

The text paragraphs accompanying the third part were way too long. I grew to almost resent whoever wrote them but felt committed to completing the whole activity for your study.

I also learned I don’t really like Indian art. ;-)

I’ve read Blink and find your application really interesting.

Good luck!