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Form-agnosticism

“art”, media, whatever you create you create as a mode of expression first and foremost (which, imo, is why we all have a semi-innate distaste for work that feels derivative, disingenuous, or commerce-oriented claiming to be art.) i think the arts landscape we find ourselves in (and the postmodernism of it all) incentivizes art that inspires dialogue, that is meant to captivate an audience and ideally a large one in both the fine arts and pop art arenas, and so we often congregate to forms like moving image, and other easily disseminated, easily digestible forms to express what is capable of being expressed through a variety of forms if no one was there to receive our art we would still express ourselves. people expressed themselves before we had comms tech enabling immediate, mass dissemination. per meagre_graeme’s rec, forms with an emphasis on utility such as cuisine, materials work, etc. would certainly be viable and more “optimal” modes of expression, but writing would not go anywhere. photography would not go anywhere. the means by which people who do not consider themselves “artists” express themselves and use their creative faculties to capture and romanticize their lives would become the means by which we’d all express ourselves in the absence of an audience… so per taterhole… does the audience even matter?

@alaiyo

Jan 17, 2025

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calling stuff "art" rather than "media" OR "content" when appropriate

inspired by a tweet i saw today idk,, i'd rather be an art liker than a media consumer

@ibi

Jan 30, 2024

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Process and experience

So vulnerable, I have to be sincere. European and American art galleries historically are not only promoters of great art, they are creators of markets. That may be where you could shift focus. Your worth is that you are young, eating rat, living a life of passion, filth, messiness, body horror (per my comment on such) unique and unknown to those with money. They crave you, not for your art. That's worthless to them. The art, as photographs per Sontag in my other rec, is simply a receipt that they owned a piece of your lifestyle for a moment. No one who will buy your art will likely give a fuck about your art. Stop seeking those. Find the Glengarry Glen Ross customers seeking life, escape from drudgery, a need to prove something to themselves. Let your art be that for them. Enough bs theory, now for implementation. You won't sell your art, but you can sell the frustration, bloodsweattears, dedication, sacrifice that drips from your post. You can do so by simultaneously reminding yourself you are not creating ART but CREATING art. Your work and worth is not on a canvas. It's not the art. It's in you, the artist.

@indianjones

May 11, 2024

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The Prequels

Yes it’s true, I’m a Star Wars Prequels sympathizer. Cry about it. You are a midwit or probably too old to get it if you hate on them. Natalie Portman is great in them, and Hayden Christensen is not a bad actor, Anakin just has aspergers. I don’t cosign the Disney stuff.

@quiet-luke

Feb 22, 2023

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DRES

DRES is a supergroup made up of Damon Rush (damon r. on Spotify) and Extra Small. They’re currently in Seoul working on an electronic record—self-described as gangstalking/boarding school music—and, of course, building lore. Their drip is effortless and unique. Jeremy Scott Adidas, leather, and anime silhouettes. You should collect their singles “Pick6” and "Blackbird.”

@quiet-luke

Feb 22, 2023

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Café culture

The long canon of “alternative” lifestyles persists. Vibe expatriates. Downtown-core-core. Group chat as supergroup. Post-finpunk. Coffee & cig. Nicely tailored or altered clothing. Chelsea Hotel-core. Siestas. The Sun Also Rises is my fav book-core. Somewhere between Dada and vaporwave but still grunge. Digital folk art and hypermodern poetry. Making your living as a neo-cypherpunk bohemian post-dilettante freelancer.

@quiet-luke

Feb 22, 2023