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A big part of it is framing. If you frame something as a tech demo, that's how it's going to be recieved. 'The Art World' does seem reasonably open to stuff like this, but you really have to go out of your way to make sure people know "hey this is art, please interpret it as an Artwork, here's a chunk of text explaining the conceptual backdrop for this piece, here's how it fits into my wider practice, thank you". But with that perhaps you would risk alienating a big chunk of the HN crowd.

[orbifold]

I've seen art exhibits that essentially were three LCD screens which displayed a video/computer simulation of paint dripping and mixing. I believe the entry to the art world is just gated enough that who gets to display their "artwork" is much more a question of connections and politics than raw talent.