Astro City Cont, Eyebeam Update.

The most interesting part of Astro City is the way Busiek invites the reader to share in the personal space of the superheroes, especially of the Samaritan as he tries to maintain a normal life despite his self-imposed duty to prevent as many tragedies as he possibly can. He dreams of using his powers to fly uninhibited through the sky, when normally he is stuck constantly flying from one disaster scene to another, unable to sleep for more than several hours at a time, for fear that somewhere, someone needs him. Busiek uses the Samaritan to look deeply at the psychology of the super hero. Particularly, the idea of self-imposed sacrifice and martyrdom. The Samaritan seems almost reluctant that he has to keep on going every time he gets a glimpse at being a normal person, but he is bound to his work, almost addicted to saving people.

At Eyebeam, my work continues to be mostly intern-worthy desk stuff, but it is still proving a worthy experience. I am gaining valuable insight on the inner workings of creative institutions like Eyebeam. Reading press at work, I get more insight into the almost singular position that Eyebeam holds as a kind of new media think tank. The internship has become a kind of hands-on review of the place of new media struggling to find a niche within contemporary art. The Eyebeam workshop/gallery really sits at the forefront of new media art, with artists constantly coming up with new ways to use technology in their work.