Talent calculator is a software that helps artists to choose the optimal scenario of their career. It allows them to analyse their actual abilities, summarize the benefits from the genres, forms and media that they have mastered. The software also suggests further directions in order for the artist to achieve a competitive advantage in the invincible world of contemporary art.
Full Description
Ten or fifteen years ago in Russia there were few who knew anything about contemporary art or the freaks that were behind it, but this situation changed in the middle of the last decade. Everyone understood that contemporary art was a fashionable and promising enterprise. In addition to the various galleries and "factories" in the capital, there are now evening courses for would-be artists, where the young pre-cariat and refugees from the humanities line up to express a sudden inspiration or simply try their luck in the field of art. But since a full-fledged system of art education hasn't formed in Russia, and people continue to make up the rules as they go along, the fledgling artist finds himself in utter chaos. To help him get his bearings and weigh his chances, Vladislav Shapovalov and supostat.org have launched their Talent Calculator, an art market simulator that can help determine what genre or medium to select at the outset of an art career or how to successfully reboot a failed career. You can find out which strategy will bring money or fame and which offers a chance of going down in art history. Points are awarded in three categories: money, fame and aesthetic value. Scores increase or decrease depending on the direction you choose and even your sex. This exercise ridicules the logic of gallery owners, curators and institutions that mold artists in line with their ideas of market trends, and it also derides artists who have no professional skills and nothing to say, drifting from genre to genre and theme to theme. The irony of the work is not that it distorts the real situation, but that it may give an accurate picture. Subjects may learn that their fantasy career in the coordinates of money, fame and aesthetic value is attainable or that it is beyond their grasp. And it's unclear which is less traumatic.
Work metadata
- Year Created: 2012
- Submitted to ArtBase: Tuesday Sep 25th, 2012
- Original Url: http://supostat.org/calc/en/
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Work Credits:
- Vladislav Shapovalov, Primary creator
- Valia Fetisov, Software development
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