So finally got this thing established. It´s amazing ohw much time all the computer stuff takes... It makes one question why do I do this? It has to be something about the urge to connect with the rest of us on this planet.
We just had this seminar about hybrid art practices, in other words, the role of artist nowadays. What is art and artist anyway? Its a open question.. We all do art dont we?
I just had a exhibition with two of my friends, and even as it was a really nice exhibition and all, I started wondering why the hell I am doing this? It costed me a lot of money and took lots of time to make this exhibition, and what do I get out of it - One article in newspaper, some thoughts in the opening. some experience. Maybe the wish that sometime in the future something will happen...
And its like this with lot of artists, they provide something and pay for it. Maybe it´s just me, but I think something is missing here...
Hybrid art in one way offers a way for artist to pursue new ways for their art, in one way it´s a way to survive as artist in this world.
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Terve vaa juu - - -
How nice to write in English - I don't need to insert a & o umlauts via character map or 'special characters'. /// Yes, art-as-a-job isn't really happening, at least not in Finland, eh? I wish to have artistry as my JOB, not as a hobby. If art really was integrated to the society, it would be a profession instead of a subsidized activity. Farming in Finland is somewhat similar: without EU subsidies, no one would be a professional farmer in Finland.
Maybe this started way back with the Enlightenment, and the 'disciplinarizing' of the arts (G.E. Lessing: Laocoon, about 1766). Since then, arts have resided in more or less separate camps.
Interdisciplinary art doesn't segregate, or close itself in an ivory tower, it can be integrated into everything else: look at almost any old or even indigenous culture and you'll find things that point to this: First Nations of Canada, Gamelan of Bali or Java, flamenco, african music/dance; all consisting of a multitude of parts, each autonomous, yet inseparable from the whole.
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