I am just so disappointed by many attitudes about computers and the internet.
many of the museums do not even want to offer their collections or imagery
to the world wide community. many of them will fall behind again.
 
Isn't there an opportunity for a heavy emphasis on globalization and art
education world wide for these museums??? as well as public relations that
do not cost much and have a much larger audience than the regular ways of pr.
 
of course, one of the problems might be that the imagery is not the same as
the original. as a new york times article this summer listed: pixelization
of imagery can still be a problem. but then the national gallery in london
has been working on a project like this for almost a decade?
 
images are too large for people to download. although the compression
technology of 1-100 is already developped.
 
or is it the computer phobia of many of the heads of museums??? many of the
heads are still the old school.
 
any comments would be greatly appreciated.
 
markus kruse
 
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