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2007-10-03 Home Front: Culture Wars

"This tells us something -- I just wish I knew what."

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Posted by Mike 2007-10-03 13:29|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Art and literature has been divided much like music, between real artists and musicians, and "performers". The art, literature and music industry pays the big bucks to performers, yet sees the real talent as minimum-wage bums.

The first cracks in the dam are appearing with the Internet, however, where talent is starting to get out to the public without being stymied by the conglomerates. This at least gives them a start, before what they create transcends the Internet.

Artists, especially, who embrace technology, are creating works beyond traditional mediums that challenge the senses and imagination.

Whereas at the start of the 20th Century, artists prowled insane asylums looking for surreality, as imagined by the mentally ill, some today are again looking to perception and the mind itself for ideas. Call it "phenomenological art", using illusion and scientific phenomenon to create works that captivate the mind.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-10-03 14:37|| 2007-10-03 14:37|| Front Page Top

#2 The big picture is that the masses got involved in both. When it comes to the arts the arts were suddenly geared for the taste of the masses to ensure higher grosses, etc. This naturally means many critics will be unhappy even while the box office grosses went through the roof (see Star Wars). This is the same thing that has happened with food and beer (see McDonalds, Budweiser) and technology (Windows).

You will still have select works of art that put the critics into spasms of glee (see Woody Allen, and Apple's iPhone) but the bulk of the stuff is geared for the masses.

Posted by rjschwarz 2007-10-03 16:29|| 2007-10-03 16:29|| Front Page Top

#3 also Leave it to Beaver premiered the week that Sputnik was launched

Posted by mhw 2007-10-03 17:55|| 2007-10-03 17:55|| Front Page Top

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