I am realizing more and more that this baroque nature in the arts is a "Virtual Baroque", because it is a reference to the pluralism in styles evident in the visual field and is deeply connected to technological orgy which supports it virtually. The World Wide Web is a "virtual galaxy gallery" and assemblage of ideas and visual creations.
Very simply it is a feedback loop as well, as in the concept put forth by Cybernetics, which simultaneously creates a virtual realm that flowers and grows rhythmically. However, it is loops within loops, all dispersed, interconnected like wires in some Brazilian favela. It works somehow, but there is no way to decipher the "how". I see a multitude of art/visual cultural galaxies, each one independent, yet connect to a larger picture. There is always an interplay of dualities, however they forge chaos and order in such a way that the play-doh quality allows all potential formations.
Just go the mall today (in any suburban town for that matter) and look around you at the globalism that jumps out into your face.
There are so many styles, ideas and realities coming together, brands being melded, identities being forged, cultures "clashing".
It is a tessellated, fractalized field of sociocultural experience.
There is no beginning or end, only change.
It is evident that there would naturally be some psychosis developing as a result of this schizoid experience, but yet, it is being held together by technological bliss, the tap of texting or the next Twitter feed.
I sit back and watch and keep on drawing.
