jake williams
13th January 2008, 16:58
Is anyone else interested in these sorts of questions?
What is the economics of artistic activity?
What is art, and the corollary,
What is an artist doing when they "do art"?
What distinguishes between different artistic media (and questions within that - is rap music or poetry, is there a meaningful, significant distinction between prose and poetry, what is operative in "pop music" (image? melody? instrumentation? lyrics?), and how does it relate to art at large, is sex an art and if so is it a special case, is food an art, etc.)?
What moral/political/other ethical responsibilities do artists have?
To their art?
To each other?
To the society at large?
What responsibilities do societies have to artists?
Do artists have a responsibility, aesthetic or otherwise, to be non-conformists, and if so, what social/political/other consequences does this have? What consequences does it have for these questions themselves?
Is beauty an entity? Is it subjective or objective? Does it supersede/exist separately from pleasure?
Are artists harming their art, directly or indirectly, in "using" it, for political causes say, or even for economic causes?Because I really, really am. I don't just think they're fascinating - I think they're critically important. I sincerely think that these are some of the most critical questions we can ask, because I think art is one of the most important parts, sometimes I think the only important part, of human existence.
And I think, maybe more than an economic revolution, we need a total cultural revolution, you know, sexuality, art, intellect, just everything, though I guess I think they're both necessary for each other.
What is the economics of artistic activity?
What is art, and the corollary,
What is an artist doing when they "do art"?
What distinguishes between different artistic media (and questions within that - is rap music or poetry, is there a meaningful, significant distinction between prose and poetry, what is operative in "pop music" (image? melody? instrumentation? lyrics?), and how does it relate to art at large, is sex an art and if so is it a special case, is food an art, etc.)?
What moral/political/other ethical responsibilities do artists have?
To their art?
To each other?
To the society at large?
What responsibilities do societies have to artists?
Do artists have a responsibility, aesthetic or otherwise, to be non-conformists, and if so, what social/political/other consequences does this have? What consequences does it have for these questions themselves?
Is beauty an entity? Is it subjective or objective? Does it supersede/exist separately from pleasure?
Are artists harming their art, directly or indirectly, in "using" it, for political causes say, or even for economic causes?Because I really, really am. I don't just think they're fascinating - I think they're critically important. I sincerely think that these are some of the most critical questions we can ask, because I think art is one of the most important parts, sometimes I think the only important part, of human existence.
And I think, maybe more than an economic revolution, we need a total cultural revolution, you know, sexuality, art, intellect, just everything, though I guess I think they're both necessary for each other.