Elasser argues that Youtube disallows for an artistic avant-garde. The obsolence of art and the avant-garde. Deprofessionalism taht is like Wikipedia threatens art. Like Wikipedia, these ground up guys might create art. Tags merge art & technology. Overload of videos.
In “Constructive Instability”, Thomas Elasser argues that internet sites such as Youtube may destroy the artistic avant-garde by combining art and technology, making art a giant blur.
On the other hand, in Len Manovich's "The Practice of Every day Life," Len argues that Net 2.0 allows for the Internet user to make new media out of old, and therefore is valid art, despite breaking copyright and using existing copyrighted materials.
Elasser describes Youtube as an uncontrollable mutant of sorts, growing in directions that nobody can control. Len would agree in a sense, as it threatens the corporate "strategic" hold, forcing subcultures to buy into tightly controlled subcultures. At the same time, however, Len argues that the public has a control, forging new directions out of old media, and holding vast potential - and rivalling the most well-known commercial companies. Elasser disagrees, arguing that, in the face of such technology and an addicting, bottomless well of media, art and avant-garde need to redefine themselves if they want to survive.
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