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We have reached an era where JPEG artifacts are used as an ornament - like artifacts from film photography, vinyls and more. Perhaps spotting that in a demaste
by thih9 2y ago
We have reached an era where JPEG artifacts are used as an ornament - like artifacts from film photography, vinyls and more.
Perhaps spotting that in a demastering project is bending the rules a bit, but still - I like how it indicates that our tastes and internet speeds have changed.
- reaperducer 2y agovinyls Stay away from my shellacs and waxes!
- npunt 2y agoYep. JPEG artifacts are now a signature of the medium. "Whatever you now find weird, ugly, uncomfortable and nasty about a new medium will surely become its signature. CD distortion, the jitteriness of digital video, the crap sound of 8-bit - all of these will be cherished and emulated as soon as they can be avoided. It’s the sound of failure: so much modern art is the sound of things going out of control, of a medium pushing to its limits and breaking apart. The distorted guitar sound is the sound of something too loud for the medium supposed to carry it. The blues singer with the cracked voice is the sound of an emotional cry too powerful for the throat that releases it. The excitement of grainy film, of bleached-out black and white, is the excitement of witnessing events too momentous for the medium assigned to record them." - Brian Eno