What is art? [Was Re: Hello 2015]

[Michael Watson]

Interesting article in todays Salon.com
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/03/01/netochka/index.html

The most feared woman on the Internet
Netochka Nezvanova is a software programmer, radical artist and online
troublemaker. But is she for real?

March 1, 2002  |  For someone who does not exist -- at least the way you or
I do -- Netochka Nezvanova has a fearsome reputation. She's a gifted
computer programmer and polemicist, an artist and a pain-in-the-ass, a
critic of capitalism and fascism, as well as a capitalist and a marketer.=20

closing paragraph:
"Technical skills are less important than creative thinking," lectures
Netochka in an e-mail. "The epoch of the generalist has arrived -- again.
Any fool can program and most do. Software engineers are emotionally inept.
In today's unstable + dynamic environment they do not stand a chance."=20

Her? art seems to mostly of the performance variety although code is=
 involved,
Michael

>art=B7ist   Pronunciation Key  (=E4rtst)
>  n.
>
>      1.One, such as a painter, sculptor, or writer, who is able by virtue=
 of
>imagination and talent or skill to create works of
>        aesthetic value, especially in the fine arts.