by westman last modified 06 April 2011 08:03 PM Author - Kim Chestney-Harvey, Pittsburgh Technology Council Pittsburgh - City of Trailblazers To some, the intersection between art and technology seems like an oxymoron. But to those who work with creative technology, it is the new frontier. For the past several decades, artists and technologists alike have been charting new horizons with the ever-evolving advances in both genres. The Art of Technology exhibition brought high tech to the traditional arts festival Today, where would technology be without art, and vice versa? Dan Pink, author of A Whole New Mind and contributor to Wired Magazine, asserted that the MFA is the new MBA. To create technology, you need to know how to create you need to know how to design. And, on the other hand, technology opens up whole new worlds for the expression and production of the artist. The Pittsburgh Technology Council s The 15 Minutes Gallery is a corporate art space that regularly show cases art and tech. City of Innovation Pittsburgh is one of the first cities to recognize and fully embrace this synergy. The transition to a largely technology-based economy in this city
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