Why Art Still Matters

You'll understand why curators and collectors still ask about process and provenance even as digital tools become common. You will leave with a clearer sense of what 'hand-made' is actually protecting.

You'll trace how earlier tools, from the camera to the synthesiser, unsettled and then reshaped what artists did, and see the pattern AI is now repeating. This context will make current debates feel less unprecedented and easier to think through.

You'll see the specific, practical reasons slow, manual processes still hold value even when faster tools exist, beyond nostalgia. You'll also get a clearer sense of when choosing the slow route genuinely serves the work, and when it's just habit.