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. Made with love in the STEEL City, this app is collaborative endeavor produced by the Pittsburgh-based artists and developers at Deeplocal and the Mattress Factory. Extra-special assistance was lent by C-Monster and WNYC in New York. This project was inspired by a tweet from Nina K. Simon. Click Here to download the FREE iPhone app.Tumblr (3.0; @isthisart)http://isthisart.org/<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzif921Jqq1qal9lro1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>This pieces problematizes formalism through destruction and transformation, therefore THIS IS ART.</p>http://isthisart.org/post/17734765674http://isthisart.org/post/17734765674Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:43:50 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzif3g0BKW1qal9lro1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>This work’s materiality is immaterial, therefore THIS IS ART.</p>http://isthisart.org/post/17734553597http://isthisart.org/post/17734553597Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:40:28 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lziefv67hb1qal9lro1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>This piece is very expensive, therefore THIS IS ART.</p>http://isthisart.org/post/17733673916http://isthisart.org/post/17733673916Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:26:19 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzi7v7LEqh1qal9lro1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>I could make this, therefore THIS IS NOT ART.</p>http://isthisart.org/post/17725258964http://isthisart.org/post/17725258964Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:04:19 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzh94xTbB41qal9lro1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>This work’s materiality is immaterial, therefore THIS IS ART.</p>http://isthisart.org/post/17704593257http://isthisart.org/post/17704593257Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:34:09 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzd1lqLpvL1qal9lro1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>This piece doesn’t expose the malleable nature of the meaning of images, therefore THIS IS NOT ART.</p>http://isthisart.org/post/17584783979http://isthisart.org/post/17584783979Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:01:01 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzaub4UkXT1qal9lro1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>This piece would look terrible over your sofa, therefore THIS IS ART.</p>http://isthisart.org/post/17510358642http://isthisart.org/post/17510358642Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:28:16 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz98kv9Uud1qal9lro1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Someone who spent most of their life in college wrote an essay about this, therefore THIS IS ART.</p>http://isthisart.org/post/17457272298http://isthisart.org/post/17457272298Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:41:19 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz92zqJgD01qal9lro1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>This makes me feel secure and well-adjusted, therefore THIS IS NOT ART.</p>http://isthisart.org/post/17450676080http://isthisart.org/post/17450676080Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:40:38 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz3m89e2ck1qal9lro1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Minimalistically speaking, this is pretty minimal, therefore THIS IS ART</p>http://isthisart.org/post/17288156006http://isthisart.org/post/17288156006Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:50:32 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz3m5vEQbR1qal9lro1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>This work manipulates reality in a realistic but non-manipulative way, therefore THIS IS ART.</p>http://isthisart.org/post/17288066778http://isthisart.org/post/17288066778Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:49:07 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz3m4tlVkv1qal9lro1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>(null)</p>http://isthisart.org/post/17288027437http://isthisart.org/post/17288027437Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:48:29 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz3m3r72MD1qal9lro1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>This pieces problematizes formalism through destruction and transformation, therefore THIS IS ART.</p>http://isthisart.org/post/17287987418http://isthisart.org/post/17287987418Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:47:51 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz3m13pFIs1qal9lro1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Minimalistically speaking, this is pretty minimal, therefore THIS IS ART</p>http://isthisart.org/post/17287890015http://isthisart.org/post/17287890015Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:46:15 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyx0wwHKB51qal9lro1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>This piece does not re-contextualize the nature of liminal space, therefore THIS IS NOT ART.</p>http://isthisart.org/post/17085475235http://isthisart.org/post/17085475235Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:24:31 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyx0v1lksv1qal9lro1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>This makes me feel secure and well-adjusted, therefore THIS IS NOT ART.</p>http://isthisart.org/post/17085453898http://isthisart.org/post/17085453898Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:23:25 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lywsizvxWw1qal9lro1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>This work does not resuscitate the referential possibilities of historical stasis, therefore THIS IS NOT ART.</p>http://isthisart.org/post/17081279125http://isthisart.org/post/17081279125Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:23:23 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lytmk9ofPW1qal9lro1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Someone who spent most of their life in college wrote an essay about this, therefore THIS IS ART.</p>http://isthisart.org/post/16974620041http://isthisart.org/post/16974620041Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:21:45 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyp2ixzHh41qal9lro1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>This piece is very expensive, therefore THIS IS ART.</p>http://isthisart.org/post/16850785225http://isthisart.org/post/16850785225Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:18:33 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyp19ckD7p1qal9lro1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>This pieces problematizes formalism through destruction and transformation, therefore THIS IS ART.</p>http://isthisart.org/post/16850631650http://isthisart.org/post/16850631650Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:51:13 -0500