I think art is all about constraints. It is a challenge to say "I'm going to make this next piece using only this one shade of blue and sponge instead of a pain

I think art is all about constraints. It is a challenge to say "I'm going to make this next piece using only this one shade of blue and sponge instead of a paint brush", and I think the same goes for "I'm going to make this next piece only using Google technology." In fact, my project Layer Synthesis Device was a direct result of me challenging myself to make a VJ app using only HTML5, and it must work on my phone (a bigger feat at the time since HTML5 was in its infancy.) Was what I made art? Maybe not. But it was a great creative exercise: the less you have to work with, the more you do with what you have. Sure the cash prize and the free marketing Google is using you for is sketchy, but it's giving people a challenge, which is where great things come from.