Luciana Achugar
If you can watch all ten minutes of this without feeling the urge to quit or fast-forward, you are made of tougher stuff than I.
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Bueaty is in the eye of the the beholder. The same with all arts.
But, <my rant> don't spend my taxes on something that the vast majority think is crap. Yes, there is room for a 10% like, as long it's not an 'In your face' to the the other 90%. On my taxes.
1%ers do move things ahead though.
But, <my rant> don't spend my taxes on something that the vast majority think is crap. Yes, there is room for a 10% like, as long it's not an 'In your face' to the the other 90%. On my taxes.
1%ers do move things ahead though.
Posted by BMN on 05/03/14 at 12:10 AM
Mr Evilwrench
"The language may be a barrier, but if you overcome that, there is much delight to be had." -- I agree 100%, as that is exactly one of the points I was trying to make.
Recently the Performing Arts Editor at the New York Times reviewed an Indian dance concert and complained about how the dancer's steps did not conform to ballet. What??? The artist was not attempting to do ballet. She is a Kathakali dancer, and in India she is revered as a master dancer.
What I was trying to explain about the video is that a video is a bad reproduction of a live event. When I saw "Puro Deseo" live, there was so much more to experience then what the camera can capture -- the echoing sounds of her voice and breath, the sound of her feet as she shuffled back and forth in that cavernous space. I was moved by it. I recognized parts of myself in her. I felt her pain and her feelings of being ostracized by society. The lone woman in the dark woods singing a guttural lullaby.
As for the process of making art -- I do value labor as well as design and planning, however since most often I don't know the artist's process, I respond to the work. Having seen Picasso's sketchbooks does not increase my appreciation of the work itself. It did help me to appreciate his process.
As for the poor opinion of the NEA (0.01% of the federal budget) -- you are correct, the perception that artists create simply to get grant money is pervasive, and unfortunately the arts world has not done a good enough job to combat the echo chamber that is the merging of religious and fiscal conservative movements in America. The reality is that most artists in the US don't get any federal funding what so ever. In the US performing artists show their work in spaces that get most of their funding from local public and private foundations, and from local business partners who see the value of an arts center within their community, as well as various forms of earned income such as ticket sales and merchandizing, and arts education programs.
So while Mr. Midwest (above) can certainly complain that his tax dollars are being mismanaged, I think his focus on artists is woefully misplaced.
As for his assertion that I think everyone is insane -- it the farthest thing from anything I've ever believed. I think everyone sees the world through their own senses. I believe that everyone should take responsibility for their own beliefs and not project them onto others.
Lastly, I grew up on a farm. We practiced what is now called sustainable farming. We grew vegetables on half of the farm and let the bulls and chickens fertilize the other half. The following year we switch the vegetables and animals.
"The language may be a barrier, but if you overcome that, there is much delight to be had." -- I agree 100%, as that is exactly one of the points I was trying to make.
Recently the Performing Arts Editor at the New York Times reviewed an Indian dance concert and complained about how the dancer's steps did not conform to ballet. What??? The artist was not attempting to do ballet. She is a Kathakali dancer, and in India she is revered as a master dancer.
What I was trying to explain about the video is that a video is a bad reproduction of a live event. When I saw "Puro Deseo" live, there was so much more to experience then what the camera can capture -- the echoing sounds of her voice and breath, the sound of her feet as she shuffled back and forth in that cavernous space. I was moved by it. I recognized parts of myself in her. I felt her pain and her feelings of being ostracized by society. The lone woman in the dark woods singing a guttural lullaby.
As for the process of making art -- I do value labor as well as design and planning, however since most often I don't know the artist's process, I respond to the work. Having seen Picasso's sketchbooks does not increase my appreciation of the work itself. It did help me to appreciate his process.
As for the poor opinion of the NEA (0.01% of the federal budget) -- you are correct, the perception that artists create simply to get grant money is pervasive, and unfortunately the arts world has not done a good enough job to combat the echo chamber that is the merging of religious and fiscal conservative movements in America. The reality is that most artists in the US don't get any federal funding what so ever. In the US performing artists show their work in spaces that get most of their funding from local public and private foundations, and from local business partners who see the value of an arts center within their community, as well as various forms of earned income such as ticket sales and merchandizing, and arts education programs.
So while Mr. Midwest (above) can certainly complain that his tax dollars are being mismanaged, I think his focus on artists is woefully misplaced.
As for his assertion that I think everyone is insane -- it the farthest thing from anything I've ever believed. I think everyone sees the world through their own senses. I believe that everyone should take responsibility for their own beliefs and not project them onto others.
Lastly, I grew up on a farm. We practiced what is now called sustainable farming. We grew vegetables on half of the farm and let the bulls and chickens fertilize the other half. The following year we switch the vegetables and animals.
Posted by Armanda Fennonce on 05/03/14 at 03:20 PM
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