I found this talk incredibly interesting in regards to the merging between softwares and visual arts, because that is a personal interest of mine. His reference to Marshall McLuhan, “we shape our tools and thereafter, our tools shape us”, can be seen as moving further than just software and more into media in general. What I understood from it was that we can try to create something that in return will help us create and produce from it. In terms of software, this is applicable due to the way that we now use the same software to produce art.
Although I enjoyed some parts of the talk, I did not find it engaging, mainly due to the tone of the speaker. However, I cannot help but take away the artistic possibility of working digitally and with software. The examples he showed were incredibly cool and made me think about the type of art I want to see and create.