Supernova Interview with Scott Draves

I work with the artist Scott Draves (AKA Spot), who makes art using the network as a medium.  I also work with Kevin Werbach and Jeannie Logozzo (captured by Renee Blodgett) of the Supernova conference, and 2008's theme is Challenges for the Network Age. 

So when the time came to post interesting interviews to Supernova's Conversation Hub blog, it seemed like a no-brainer to pick Scott as my first interview (Esther Dyson is next week).

The interview, "Scott Draves on the Electric Sheep Network" is now up on the Supernova Conversation Hub blog. 

My favorites from the points Scott raised in the interview: 

• that working with a network has its challenges but the reward is beyond compare
• that art and open-source technology, being built upon the concepts that preceded them, are part of a "web of ideas" which is itself a network
• that he is basing his career as an artist on the symbiotic relationship between free products for the crowd and limited-edition fine art for collectors

Scott Draves illustrates what happens when an open-source programmer becomes an artist.  He has brought open-source business models and open-source creative methodology to art, and the combination has stunning results.  (And I'm not saying that because I work with him; I work with him because I think that.  So does Siggraph, apparently, as they chose Draves' artwork as the brand identity for their 2008 conference, "Evolve").