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Just for off-topic laughs, towards a definition of art:
An art work is an object, whether real or virtual, whose constituent elements have been intentionally arranged for a non-functional purpose and that is presented in such a way that it refers to other art works.
Discuss.
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merc,
Yeah but you wrote that out ;-)
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Rich Lock, in reply to
Right up there with L Ron Hubbard.
Hey, Battlefield Earth was a cracking good read when I was 15.
Yeah, I've read it. Out and proud, man, out and proud. Don't lay your societal hangups on me.
Which neatly brings me to...
I always feel isolated in those kind of discussions, expecting at any moment that people will work out I like the wrong kind of music or TV shows, have the wrong taste in books, etc.
The older I get, the less I care (in all senses) for other peoples implicit or explicit judgement on my tastes. Very happy to find common ground, lowbrow or high, leftfield or centre ground. But other peoples value judgements on those things we don't have in common are not welcome.
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Sacha, in reply to
zing
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DCBCauchi, in reply to
Yeah but you wrote that out ;-)
It's all because of the tyranny of fascist structures this totalitarian society has imposed on me! I.e. the keyboard!!!
The injustice of it all!!!!!
It's all a conspiracy of computer designers to keep us ignorant and enslaved.
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merc,
We are both too old to be angry young men ;-)
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DCBCauchi, in reply to
Bloody kids today. Don't know what angry is. Not like when I were a lad!
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BenWilson, in reply to
An art work is an object, whether real or virtual, whose constituent elements have been intentionally arranged for a non-functional purpose and that is presented in such a way that it refers to other art works.
Discuss.
That's a self-referential definition. Unless you point to the other art works, I can't use it to identify any art works.
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Sacha, in reply to
and why should I care whether something 'is' art anyway?
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This discussion may be veering dangerously towards the same subject matter as The Great PAS Art War of 2010.
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DCBCauchi, in reply to
That's a self-referential definition. Unless you point to the other art works, I can't use it to identify any art works.
Yes it is. Luckily, there are 50,000 years' worth of art works to point to, in a wonderful variety of forms.
I reckon it has to be self-referential to include references to other works within the work as well as presentation in gallery contexts etc.
Requirements for a definition of art:
It has to include all art and exclude all non-art.
This means questions of taste are irrelevant, as are questions of whether something is good art or not.
All we want is the answer to the question: 'What is art?'
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DCBCauchi, in reply to
and why should I care whether something 'is' art anyway?
No reason. But if you do defining what art is is the necessary first step towards defining the criteria for 'good' art.
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DCBCauchi, in reply to
The Great PAS Art War of 2010.
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Rich Lock, in reply to
This thread.
http://publicaddress.net/system/topic/2382/?p=158527#post158527
The discussion got rather overheated.
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DCBCauchi, in reply to
Oh gods that's right. I do remember.
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merc,
Every time the word art is written on the innernets, Banksy gets a dollar, I read that on the innernets.
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DCBCauchi, in reply to
Righty ho ho ho, that's that then.
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Sacha, in reply to
defining the criteria for 'good' art
yawn
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Russell Brown, in reply to
This thread.
Kicked off, oddly enough, by our resident sports columnist.
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it's a no braner...
The Universe, is it really big?.
6 walls, no corners...
no up, no down
just all around
stray from the light
a bang in the night
no place for mortals
windows or portals
comical chemistry
fielding mysteries
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JacksonP, in reply to
The discussion got rather overheated.
Ah, those were the days.
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Art
Discuss.art, ick, u late...
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DCBCauchi, in reply to
yawn
Well, yeah. Really only matters to those making the shit. And a few others. Very few others.
Nothing wrong with that. Wouldn't have it any other way.
Must. Resist. Urge. To. Quote. Picabia.
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BenWilson, in reply to
But other peoples value judgements on those things we don't have in common are not welcome.
I'm often interested to hear, more because it tells me about the person than about the art. But yes, people saying things you like are crap wears thin fast. It seems more likely, the more refined the tastes of the person.
This discussion may be veering dangerously towards the same subject matter as The Great PAS Art War of 2010.
Ugh. I'm out now.
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merc, in reply to
Really only matters to those making the shit.
Yeah nah
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