Can an App be Art? Response

The way I see it, art is any piece of work that is aesthetically pleasing to the viewer’s eye.  Edward Burtynsky’s app version of his art book Oil, I consider art.  It is still Burtynsky’s work and his photographs, the only difference being that it is displayed through a different medium, instead of the usual physical photo.  There is no definitive meaning to art, it can vary from person to person, but one thing that is definitive about art is that art is something that is aesthetically pleasing to the viewer’s unique eyes.  One person might find a chair that a carpenter builds to be a beautiful work of art or a painting a painter painted.  Each person has their own opinion about what art is like to them and express what they experience when they look at a piece of art.  An app is a creation that is created by a team or individual, which contains content varying from games, videos, book and other forms of entertainment.  That is what art is, it is visually entertainment, it occupies our mind and we concoct various ideas as to how, what, and why this piece of art is created for.  The app provides photos of Burtynsky’s Oil, while you don’t get the physical photos, it still provides you with the actual photos by virtual means and more than the physical book actually does.