Detournement

The article starts with an interesting, straight-forward, art statement. He says that “every reasonable aware person of our time is aware of the obvious fact that art can no longer be justified as a superior activity, or even as a compensatory activity to which one might honorably devote oneself”. I think this very self-explanatory, and it explains the decency of art as career, and how this drag onto today.  That is the summary of my last 2 years in an art career.

He claims that ay things done today “depend on ideological formulations of a past society that has prolonged its death agony to the present”. I agree, things have changed, but there is a reason why “old-fashioned way” it is still used. His idea of taking old ideas into new works, it alters the idea’s meaning, and it usually best understood whatever idea, and references are essential in this. The easiest way to transmit a message is through laugh. Everybody likes to laugh, but there is the danger that people gives so much attention to the humor, that does not remember anything else, not even the main message. Usually, the best works are the ones which aim to the conscious or unconscious human brain, rather than an aesthetic work. Emotions and personal point of views help this conscious way. Since it is so personal, there are reasons and explanation, these works then to be the most appealing to and connects with the audience.  The risks in this way, that if a member does not agree even with a small part, the rest falls apart and does appeal.

It took me for surprise when he said that “life can never be too disorienting: detournement on this level would really spice it up”. I actually do not think that life can be disorienting, it can become as boring as overwhelming, however, we will always need something to “spice it up”.

Yay, dogs! =D