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Originally Posted by Lucas89
I've been wanting to reply to these posts but didn't want to further derail the other topic so I'm glad it is here now.
I think that art can be anything. Even something like an AMV.
The reasons for this are exactly those that people have already stated in their arguments against it being art.
For example, if art to you is supposed to be something that is "good" or "meaningful" then you can't possibly say that an AMV isn't art.
Say for example i drew a picture of a cat, why? because i like cats, and for no other reason. However that picture would have meaning to me, because it is a part of who i am if you will, just like AMV's are created by those who are into anime... It is a part of their life through which they have decided to express some sort of creativity, be it from boredom or an actual motivation to create "Art"
Anyway, back to the cat drawing, to me it would be art, no matter how good it looked, it could be a few lines in a rough shape of a cat or it could be compared to the works of Michael angelo or Divinci, it doesn't matter, it's still art.
Take real life examples from the "Art world" aswell.
Let's pick on Tracy Emin, I used to think when i was in art college that none of her works could possibly be considered art, i mean all she's done is exhibited an un-made bed, and a bird on a pole!
But now i have the view that art should have meaning, and if that un-made bed had meaning to it, which it inevitably will, then i will consider it "Art", it doesn't matter if that meaning linked to her past or just her desire to make a bit of cash.
Just like i consider the keyboard i am typing with now as "Art", it has a meaning, there was a reason it was designed this way.
I am having a difficult time trying to get my thoughts on this down since it's such a huge subject but hopefully you will get the idea of what i am trying to say.  |
AMVs
to me are not art, because they are random anime clips which mean nothing to me. No-one else ever said they can't be art to anyone else~
I love Tracy Emin, her work isn't aesthetically pleasing to most people but I like the way she conveys her message and it means something to me, whereas other people just think it's a big pile of crap which is also fair enough. I think art is subjective, I was just expressing what I thought was art, but it doesn't mean anyone elses view is wrong at all~
Someone will look at a piece of art and see something entirely different to the person standing next to them, it doesn't mean they are wrong, that's just the beauty of it in my eyes. It's like music, some love it, some hate it.