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0 pointsamelius25d ago0 comments

I mean, if you put a Mac or MacOS in a museum next to Picasso, that would make many people cry.

When people think of a Mac as "art", we call that an occupational hazard.

So if you call a Mac art, you might as well call any computer art.

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I can remember the 16-page _Newsweek_ ad quite vividly --- the Mac was something special, and even its spiritual successor, the NeXT Cube did not reach the level of artistic flair which the Mac hit as a quick perusal of:

https://www.folklore.org

would argue.

Moreover, it made the cut at at least one museum:

https://www.moma.org/collection/works/3742?artist_id=10295

(and there are 24 other items by Apple in that collection)

and yes, they have a Picasso as well:

https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/5530

bigyabai25d ago

Anything can make the cut at MOMA. The gigantic disaster of OLPC is enshrined as "art" there too: https://www.moma.org/collection/works/155757

razorbeamz25d ago

If you think that a Mac or an OLPC is not art, you have a very narrow definition of art.

ameliusOP25d ago

Then the Franklin machine is also art.

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WillAdams25d ago

It was an interesting design, well-suited to the target audience and presents quite well in person (a co-worker bought two, one donated, the other for his personal use when hiking).

bigyabai25d ago

By those qualifications we could very well nominate a Franklin machine for exhibit.

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WillAdams25d ago

https://www.folklore.org

would argue.

Moreover, it made the cut at at least one museum:

https://www.moma.org/collection/works/3742?artist_id=10295

(and there are 24 other items by Apple in that collection)

and yes, they have a Picasso as well:

https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/5530

bigyabai25d ago

Anything can make the cut at MOMA. The gigantic disaster of OLPC is enshrined as "art" there too: https://www.moma.org/collection/works/155757

razorbeamz25d ago

If you think that a Mac or an OLPC is not art, you have a very narrow definition of art.

ameliusOP25d ago

Then the Franklin machine is also art.

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WillAdams25d ago

It was an interesting design, well-suited to the target audience and presents quite well in person (a co-worker bought two, one donated, the other for his personal use when hiking).

bigyabai25d ago

By those qualifications we could very well nominate a Franklin machine for exhibit.

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