>>30908
nice crows. what do they symbolize?

>>30909
The pawn chess piece. I have some [non pawn] ones too, but they aren't presented as well as this one

>>30910
why are they pawns?

>>30911
Because that was the first thing I thought to make with them. I originally made the model primarily with the intent of expanding it into a simple chess set, but it sort of went in other directions. I probably won't be able to show too much in detail though, as my license for the program they were made on expired

>>30912
>Because that was the first thing I thought to make with them. I originally made the model primarily with the intent of expanding it into a simple chess set, but it sort of went in other directions.
fair enough, though i think it'd be cool if you came up with some artistic interpretation, even if retroactively. i think treister's vultures stand for capitalism ascended to something that is not corrosive--
>wait, are those by suzanne
yeah! i love her work
https://www.suzannetreister.net/TechnoShamanicSystems/menu.html
but why? they're not spooky..

>>30916
i'm sorry if i spooked you with the other pictures. i thought we were playing.

>>30917
i am. sorry, and thank you.

but yeah, you don't have to look at them if you don't want to, but here i think treister was using vultures as a metaphor for humanity as it exists under capitalism, for corporations and other systems like that, ascending toward a non-destructive existence. i like it when weird art is not just weird for the sake of being weird. so it'd be cool if there was some symbolism to the crows being pawns in specific. or chess pieces. obviously there wasn't any originally, but interpretations can and often are done after the fact.

>>30913
wait, are those by suzanne

dang it
don't push your luck with this

>>30913
the vultures are fine, but I've said enough

>>30913
it's okay! as long as you're willing to learn from your actions I'm satisfied!

>>30913
gonna start quoting you so this conversation is more coherent
>obviously there wasn't any originally, but interpretations can and often are done after the fact
yeah, i know what you mean with that. But I think its sort of special when someone makes a piece of art that others can interpret it to their own liking, and create their own stories with it. Having an author with clear intent is nice to see, but there's something special about the messages and stories make for themselves.
In my (admittedly) quick glances, I personally see something similar to what you said, being vultures as a marvel of subsisting, (or even more importantly, thriving) off of what is usually seen as waste. I think that the pieces might be about the idea that its possible to hobble together random things that are usually discarded, and to take them to make something new (and beautiful)

>>30918
>In my (admittedly) quick glances, I personally see something similar to what you said, being vultures as a marvel of subsisting, (or even more importantly, thriving) off of what is usually seen as waste. I think that the pieces might be about the idea that its possible to hobble together random things that are usually discarded, and to take them to make something new (and beautiful)
oh! i really like that interpretation. i was thinking about it from the angle of uplifting. a sci fi staple where some alien race uplifts an animal species and blesses it with intellect and culture. here the vultures, traditionally considered lowly and predatory, consumers of the dead, ascend to the stars as beautiful entities. and so could humanity. but this relies on the context of some of the other paintings in the exhibit. your interpretation might work even better here though, since the narrative is about sustainability and "reinventing" old technologies as new transformative ones in a way that will lead to utopia.

>yeah, i know what you mean with that. But I think its sort of special when someone makes a piece of art that others can interpret it to their own liking, and create their own stories with it. Having an author with clear intent is nice to see, but there's something special about the messages and stories make for themselves.
definitely. there's value to both, i think. when the author intends something that can be a ladder for the people experiencing the work. to climb somewhere beautiful. even without intent, however, people can certainly build their own stairways.

>>30919
>a sci fi staple where some alien race uplifts an animal species and blesses it with intellect and culture
I didn't think about this, but I sort of like how it can combine with otherwise pessimistic attitudes of the flaws of humanity. (we fight frequent wars and stuff, and have many flaws, so I sort of think that the trope of "aliens bringing humans to transcendental states" can be mixed with that of "vultures taking dead waste and using it to survive") but IDK. There's also probably a more meta discussion to be had here, about how our pre-existing biases and word-connotations impact the way we view depictions of things in art, but that seems sort of complicated. I think that's all I have to say here.

>>30920
what you said is more than enough! both points are interesting. i agree.
in any case, i am done posting for the moment. please enjoy the birds.

>>30921
Okay! I think I will! I really liked your idea for this thread, and interpreting art. Maybe it could be expanded into an interesting "general" like my baking blog (coming soon (TM))

>>30922
We should make more threads like this

>>30922
Sounds good