fandomsandfeminism:notsureaboutanythingreally:fandomsandfeminism:My friends and I spent about 2 hour
fandomsandfeminism:notsureaboutanythingreally:fandomsandfeminism:My friends and I spent about 2 hours on Discord last night discussing “what is art?” This is what we ended up with. Discuss. This is hard. I think art can be anything as long as it’s making a statement or invokes feeling? But then we have the fire hydrant and like I consider it art because it’s a representation of a human achievement. But that’s just my opinion. Like it’s also just a fire hydrant and if it wasn’t intended to be art then it’s not? Idk. @fandomsandfeminism Totally. I don’t think art is something that a thing IS or ISN’T. I think it’s a spectrum, like some things are more art-y than others, but ultimately, I think the conversation about what is art is more interesting than any conclusion. Like, I think there is an inherently artistry in good practical design.And yet. Which of these nutcrackers is more “art” than the other? Something that puts FUNCTION over aesthetics FEELS less like art, somehow, and yet I think the act of designing something that is easy to use to be an inherently artistic endeavor anyway. Is a fire hydrant inherently art? Is it art if it is a FANCY fire hydrant, or is it just BETTER art if it is fancy/nice looking?Is this MORE art than a normal fire hydrant, or just BETTER art? neither. one is just more intentionally arta good example of what i mean is if you look at architecture. it’a hard to find anything more apathetic to aesthetics than brutalism, but the process of designing a brutalist building is exactly the same as the process of designing any other building.every human creation is art, because the distinction between “art” and “craft” is a nonsensical byproduct of classist and misogynistic gatekeeping and serves no purpose other than to devalue the creative efforts of people outside of the relevant power structures. weaving a tapestry is “art” but weaving a basket is “craft.”having goals in mind for your creation doesn’t make it Not Art. if it did, “what are you trying to say with this piece?” would be a trick question. engineering is just a formalized goal-oriented design process. fire hydrants aren’t all identical (there are different shapes, sizes, colors, etc), but they have to conform to a visual language in order to be readily identifiable (and thus functional) as fire hydrants, which means they exist in conversation with every other fire hydrant in existence, including urban FDC hookups that look like this:or this -- source link
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