Hi Dawn (& Julie) I think it's art. But then I'm one of the people making those web-dances. Although I'm not sure whether they are dance - I'm getting quite good at arguing both sides of that debate. If you're interested in that one, there's a long article on my site about why my works are called "Web Dances" and why I don't much care whether people think they are dances of not (www.webdances.com/info.php3). It seems to me, if anyone is to decide whether something is art or not it should be the creator. If he/she says it's art then we should treat it as art. But that doesn't make it good art. Last year, when Tracy Emin put her bed in the Tate Gallery, many people said that it wasn't art, when perhaps they should have said it was poor quality art. And, most art sells something - itself. Richard ------------------------------------------------- Richard Lord http://www.bigroom.co.uk/ Big Room http://www.webdances.com/ ------------------------------------------------- > > 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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