AN ARTY PARTY wk2

DOes Art/Culture reflect Society or does ARt CulTure Produce it?





wk 3 Art Culture and Society

' Does Art Culture reflect Society or Does art Culture Produce it? '

The answer is pretty simple Yes Art Culture reflects Society and yes art Culture Produces it. I could leave it that But I would like to bring up music and dance as a relational aesthetic art form. When a small society in South Africa produces music faster and faster because they want to dance faster to it. As the society and audience join in they battle against each other creating more intense and athletic moves.

If there was no music , the audience wouldn't be dancing and improving their skills and ability. And if there was no dance the thought to make the music faster may never occur. There would also be lack of community.

The dance and music culture is a reflection of the society as well as the art form. The art Culture may have well as also produced this small society. One that will create discussion between the dancers and the muso's as well as the spectaters.

From living in Calgary, Ab for the past 8 months I was able to view life from another point of view. As Calgary is an oil community, there is minimum art within the society, and if there is much at all its hidden or hard to find. Though on the other hand tattoo's and piercing covered the majority of the people to be seen?

Is the lack of art in the community resulting in more body art? And more perminant works in the art community.

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Arty Party - Hal Foster

" To some readers such 'Relational Aesthetics will sound like a truly final end to art to be celebrated or decried"

I'm not sure if I'm yet to understand fully about Relational Aesthetics, but this comment in the article by Hal Forster, Just makes me think its a money making scheme and the necessity of the topic or genre could be questioned.
As I disagree it couldn't possibly put an end to art to be celebrated or decried.
The comment makes you want to argue your thoughts, though maybe the entire article is misunderstood just like relational aesthetics. Its just making us look at everyday objects in another manner, and I think yes it has all been done before.