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33. What do you consider constitutes ‘sophistication’ in the use of
these technologies?
Practitioner 1 You have to use the tools with some consideration, some
reflection and some knowledge.
Practitioner 2 So more clean, more simple, more natural, to me, looks more
sophisticated than something which obviously shows what
you CAN do with the technology. Rather then using
repetition just for the sake of it
Practitioner 3 It is not a term I use or have a particular relation to.
Practitioner 4 …real sophistication is knowing when to stop putting
technology in. Knowing what is enough – simplicity is
sometimes ok
Practitioner 5 There are people who use technology for technology’s
sake and that can be very crude… I suppose that was the
point for me of what the exhibition is about – is that it’s a
creative way of the application of technology and that’s
sophistication in my eyes.
Practitioner 6 Recognising the benefits and limitations of each different
process, pushing a process/technology to its limits, using a
technology in a unique way.
The practitioners were asked to indicate what constitutes ‘sophistication’ in the
use of these technologies. This question was asked as an attempt to unpack the
criteria these practitioners are using to make distinctions between technologyderived
objects. Again the responses are similar in scope to the results
previously gathered from the survey of international practitioners (see section
4.3). However, the 5 th most popular response from the previous survey was the
most cited by these practitioners. 3 (50%) of those interviewed stated that
technology use was ‘sophisticated’ when it was not just for the sake of using it.
Awareness derived through experience was thought to make technology use
‘sophisticated’ by 1 (17%) practitioner. 1 (17%) practitioner also identified
‘sophisticated’ technology use as having innovative results. It should be noted
there is distinction between ‘sophistication’ in the use of technologies and
‘sophisticated’ objects. Further work needs to be done in this area.
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