These PDF documents, typically two to three pages in length, replace the previous web pages and simultaneously serve as the content for the new menu item “Catalog of works.” This index presents a listing of work titles covering the now 140 exhibited pieces, arranged in chronological order by date of creation.

This renders the collected volume of art critiques announced on January 30 obsolete, and the first volume — containing 50 critiques and already published on the main English-language website — has been removed from the site.

The documents section has been cleaned up and redesigned. It is now organized into three areas — Art Books, Art Magazines, and Artdig Matters — each accessible via dedicated buttons.

Reviews and Publications — This section has been updated to reflect the current body of work and the state of the website’s content.

These projects are scheduled to be completed by March 1 at the latest.

Technical Updates

The automated German translation feature, which was only set up in mid-October, has been discontinued to maintain independence from third-party services. Translation management has returned to Arslohgo’s direct control. German-speaking readers can now access the German version of the website directly at https://artdig-de.lohgo.net.

Content Updates

Revisions: The two previously published art books, which were temporarily removed from the documents section for revision, are now back online.

Artdigazine Issue 1: The Artdig Magazine announced for November 15th has been released and is available in the documents section under its designated category.

Reviews: The AI-generated reviews section has expanded beyond individual artwork reviews to now include reviews of art books, magazine(s), other documents, and the website itself, all accessible in the documents section.

Portfolio: The portfolio has been expanded with new works as well as older pieces not previously included. Since portfolio content is sorted in reverse chronological order—with newest works appearing first and oldest at the end—recently added older works can be found in the middle of the list.

Viewing Note for Magazine and Art Books: The magazine and art books are formatted as double-page print layouts (Artdigazine in A3 format, art books in A4 format). For larger screens, we recommend setting your PDF viewer to two-page display with a separate cover page to see facing pages as intended, since some artwork presentations span across spreads.

The critiques can be accessed via a link on the page with the work’s brief description and will open in a separate browser tab.

Since art criticism employs highly specialized language, there’s an additional menu item in the left sidebar where you can look up art criticism terminology. In order to open this glossary in a separate browser tab right-click the menu item and select “open in new tab” from the context menu.

The magazine deals with various works that are significant to me for different reasons, and the overarching thematic focus of this issue is on the art of reuse. Under the heading “the illusion of ground zero,” the Western cultural fiction of the unique creation of the unprecedented, of true originality from nothing —derived from “Creatio Ex Nihilo,” traditionally reserved for divine action, which we have secularized and applied to human creativity—I talk about the reuse and modification of motifs in art. This can be understood as a counter-concept to the essentially self-deconstructing fiction or fantasy that ultimately only serves economic success in the art market.

Note on the translation function

Automatic translations already work very well for the most part. Nevertheless, translation inconsistencies do occur, especially with certain types of text. I endeavor to correct such inconsistencies as quickly as possible, but delays cannot always be ruled out.

Note on the filter function

The filter can be used to limit the number of works displayed in the portfolio. This is a “temporary” filter—if an image is called up from the filtered display, the filter is no longer available afterwards.

If you want to keep the filtered display because you want to call up several works from it, it is advisable to open the desired works in a separate tab. You can do this by right-clicking on the image and then selecting “Open link in new tab” from the context menu.

The November update affects the document area. All documents are currently being revised and are therefore temporarily unavailable. They are scheduled to be available again in their new form from November 15.

“weglot” is a software component that automatically translates the website’s texts into German. This makes it easier for German-speaking visitors who are not very familiar with English to understand the descriptions, journal texts, and documents.

Two language selection options have been added to the menu items in the sidebar on the left, allowing users to switch between the lingua franca and the German translation.

Weglot uses machine translation and combines various translation APIs such as Google Translate, DeepL, etc. The translation results are quite close to the original content, but nevertheless, some reworking is inevitable.

LIMITING CONTENT TO MINI POSTERS

From a scientific perspective, creativity is your ability to think of something original from connections made between pre-existing ideas in your brain. These connections are controlled by neurotransmitters like adenosine, which alerts your brain when you’re running out of energy and reacts.

FROM «ARS.LOHGO.MET» TO «ARTDIG.LOHGO.NET»

In this context, it was only logical to adapt the original generic domain name and thus the domain itself (the Internet address) accordingly. The address is now “artdig.lohgo.net” (artes digitales/art digital) and the name of the website is “ArtDig Worx.”

PROJECTS, NO GALLERIES

In addition, the presentation structure has changed. Works and their descriptions are now organized into projects in a portfolio. Extra galleries aren’t necessary anymore, .

SOME TECHNICAL NOTE

The web versions of the images have been converted to 8-bit 100 dpi CMYK format and compressed using Afiv in order to reduce their size and improve performance. The original images are available in 16-bit 300 dpi CMYK format.

The website redesign, the restriction to exclusively digitally created mini-posters, and the necessary restructuring of the user interface to focus on the ‘essentials’ were further steps in the presentation process. The website’s structure is anything but uniform. This is intentional, as the website is meant to be a ‘playground’ for browsing rather than a place for targeted searches.

Navigating, i. e. poking around

The portfolio displays all works (each one a project in itself). When loading for the first time, it may take a little while for all works to be displayed—once cached, the “waiting time” is no longer an issue. Here, the display can be filtered according to different categories (for example, to reduce the scope of the works to bedisplayed).

Moving the mouse pointer over one of the images displays the name and a brief description of the work. A left mouse click on an image opens the corresponding portfolio page with a large version of the image and its description.

Left-clicking on the image provides a full-screen view of the image. Use “Alt” + “Left Arrow” on the keyboard or the browser’s “Left Arrow” icon to close the image display.

Within the portfolio, you can scroll back and forth and display all images again. Below the image, the “Previous,” “All Projects,” and “Next” links allow you to navigate. These three links are not always located directly below the image. Depending on the length of the description text, there may be a gap between the image and the navigation links.

Note: If you have accessed a specific portfolio page via an image filter, this filter will no longer be active when navigating from the portfolio page. You can scroll forwards and backwards through the entire image collection. If you want filtered images to remain available, you should open images for viewing in a separate tab (right-click on the image and select ‘Open link in a new tab’ from the context menu). If you want to view the description of another filtered image, switch back to the tab with the filtered images and open the desired image in another tab.

Pure Image Libraries: This subsection of the portfolio organizes the complete body of work by category, allowing you to browse pure image libraries without any accompanying text. Clicking this submenu item opens a page displaying the available image categories. Once you select a category, the corresponding library appears. Clicking on any work selects it and displays it in an enlarged view. Clicking the enlarged work again advances to the next piece in that category.

You can skip forward and back using the selection indicator (for example: < 4/17 >) shown to the lower right of the selected work. The currently displayed work closes when you click anywhere outside of it.