Is This Art?

While scrolling through the newest iPhone Applications (there really is an app for everything), I came across this. Apparently our iPhones have solved the dilemna that we have been endlessly pondering in class: What is art and what isn't?

The description of the app:
"The Is This Art? iPhone application is a new tool designed for people who have questions about the artistic integrity of their surroundings. Using your iPhone's camera and a complex, revolutionary algorithm, we now have the ability to instantly provide users with an authoritative declaration of artistic importance."

Basically you take a picture, and your iPhone gives you a kind of sarcastic, tongue-in-cheek response, such as
I can't find Waldo, therefore THIS IS ART.
My mother would think this is crap, therefore THIS IS ART.

Obviously, the application is a kind of joke, but not really. I like it because, the responses while they do not have any intellectual value theyb remind us that we are constantly prodding the boundaries of art, testing creative limits, and widening the area of what is considered art. Take music for example--what is considered music during the 60's was not well accepted by those that loved the music of the 50's.

I thought that the application was neat, because it allows us to take a closer look--a second glance, at what we are surrounded by.

Question: Do you think that technological advances have helped make the art world less elitist? Has it helped furthered the arts? Caused our society to pay mor attention to it? Or has it overshadowed it/demoralized it?

Oh and heres the link, incase anyone wanted to check it out: http://isthisart.org/