Post by Ken (INTJ) on Dec 8, 2018 16:35:23 GMT
This research team defines, identifies, and investigates right-wing art to discover its distinct qualities and its effects.
In the first round, we focused on a specific piece of art, such as the movie Feherlofia.
In the second round, we focused on a specific artist, such as Carel Willink.
Last round, we focused on a specific genre of art, such as the Baroque style.
This round, I would like to open up our investigation of art to discuss qualities of art in themselves, using genres, artists, and pieces as supporting evidence.
The axis of quality for this round is pragmatism vs idealism. How is art used pragmatically? When are the pragmatic and ideal functions of art separate, and when are they intertwined?
Think of advertising, propaganda, and art which supports a power structure or class.
1. Why and how did medieval knights or samurai decorate their armor and weaponry? What was the function of this decoration? Was this a waste of time and craftsmanship, or did it have a pragmatic purpose?
2. How do different governments use architectural style in buildings of power? Compare the neo-classical style in America, to Socialist Realism in the communist bloc, to post-modernism in Berlin. What messages do these different styles send?
3. How do corporations sell products? How is art used? Think of graphic design, font design, and modeling. Is an advertisement akin to a theatrical production?
4. Consider the Catholic or Orthodox mass. What distinguishes these rituals on an artistic level from a production of Shakespeare, a soliloquy, or a silent film?
5. Consider modern American atheist culture. What role do video games, cartoons, TV shows and drama, and other forms of play in replacing traditional religion? How could a religious or idealistic culture take hold in these new genres?
This prompt does leave itself open to a wide variety of interpretations. I suggest trying to answer one of my specific questions if the open-endedness of the prompt overwhelms you. However, for the ambitious, you could take the prompt in any direction you like.
The rules are:
1. You must embed at least one piece of media or a link to media in your post. For visual art, this would be a picture -- for film, a video -- for music, a video with audio. If you don't know how to do this, ask for help below this post.
2. Any time you name a piece, ideally, post a picture. Any time you post a picture, ideally, name that picture in your text.
3. If you submit an essay, please commit to also check back in to comment and vote on the essays of others.
4. Please read aloud your essay and submit that presentation in the form of a youtube video or soundcloud link (something publicly accessible without requiring a download.) If you have questions about this, such as how to maintain anonymity, you can ask in a response to this thread or in a private message.
You may now reserve a day between now and the end of January. First come first serve.
January 22: Ken
January 23: Flimp
January 30: Napoleoff
In the first round, we focused on a specific piece of art, such as the movie Feherlofia.
In the second round, we focused on a specific artist, such as Carel Willink.
Last round, we focused on a specific genre of art, such as the Baroque style.
This round, I would like to open up our investigation of art to discuss qualities of art in themselves, using genres, artists, and pieces as supporting evidence.
The axis of quality for this round is pragmatism vs idealism. How is art used pragmatically? When are the pragmatic and ideal functions of art separate, and when are they intertwined?
Think of advertising, propaganda, and art which supports a power structure or class.
1. Why and how did medieval knights or samurai decorate their armor and weaponry? What was the function of this decoration? Was this a waste of time and craftsmanship, or did it have a pragmatic purpose?
2. How do different governments use architectural style in buildings of power? Compare the neo-classical style in America, to Socialist Realism in the communist bloc, to post-modernism in Berlin. What messages do these different styles send?
3. How do corporations sell products? How is art used? Think of graphic design, font design, and modeling. Is an advertisement akin to a theatrical production?
4. Consider the Catholic or Orthodox mass. What distinguishes these rituals on an artistic level from a production of Shakespeare, a soliloquy, or a silent film?
5. Consider modern American atheist culture. What role do video games, cartoons, TV shows and drama, and other forms of play in replacing traditional religion? How could a religious or idealistic culture take hold in these new genres?
This prompt does leave itself open to a wide variety of interpretations. I suggest trying to answer one of my specific questions if the open-endedness of the prompt overwhelms you. However, for the ambitious, you could take the prompt in any direction you like.
The rules are:
1. You must embed at least one piece of media or a link to media in your post. For visual art, this would be a picture -- for film, a video -- for music, a video with audio. If you don't know how to do this, ask for help below this post.
2. Any time you name a piece, ideally, post a picture. Any time you post a picture, ideally, name that picture in your text.
3. If you submit an essay, please commit to also check back in to comment and vote on the essays of others.
4. Please read aloud your essay and submit that presentation in the form of a youtube video or soundcloud link (something publicly accessible without requiring a download.) If you have questions about this, such as how to maintain anonymity, you can ask in a response to this thread or in a private message.
You may now reserve a day between now and the end of January. First come first serve.
January 22: Ken
January 23: Flimp
January 30: Napoleoff
