Hello Julie,
Defining Art as Art has been a hot topic for millenia (is that a word?), a
long time. It seems that if whoever is making the thing calls it art then
thats what it is...to those who agree. Those that don't, don't. I think
about early postmodern dance not being considered dance by the holdouts
from the previous generations. Once they (the post modernists) kicked in
the door and stayed inside for many years, the establishment caught up and
now that work is called dance. New forms have to stick around for a while,
get better, have manifestos and theorys, teach younger generations, etc. to
be taken seriously by the world at large. The makers are taking themselves
seriously right from the start. The people making those web-dances (I would
think) consider what they are doing to be art...if it's not art then what
is it? Net?
It seems that the definition of art (in a kind of general way, in my
opinion of course) is something that is made for the sole purpose of it's
own expression - meaning it's not selling something or facilitating any
other thing besides appreciation and understanding of the content/point of
view/beauty of the thing. But there is artistic expression in advertising
or architecture and fashion design and product design. Hmmm. I don't know.
But "what is art and what is not art" is a big question with many answers.
Do you think it's art?
I'll be curious to hear what folks have to say on this topic.
Best,
Dawn Stoppiello
>
>What kinds of questions and opinions are coming up on the Dance tech-lists
>concerning the view of whether or not interactive dance is considered art?
>
>I'm a dance major at Towson University in Towson MD, and am interested in the
>validity and or positions of opinios of interactive dance on the net as art.
>
>thankyou,
>Julie Holdt
>
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