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Well, I agree on that use of the word. Just look at the crummy movies they keep shoveling out each year. But the problem with that thinking is most people are "sheep", and will see something as art because they are told so. Or just because it is trendy at the time.
I like giving people more credit. After all, they invented Pizza Rolls.
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True art is not made to be liked. It is made so the artist can get these feelings out of his head. Real artist never really sat down and said, "I am going to make a masterpiece today". They are normally forgotten people who were only able to get maybe one out of a hundred pieces what they wanted to do. They will "sell out" on a number of works just so they can get ends to meet, but will keep their true works set aside to keep working on. For example Da Vinci worked on the Mona Lisa for many years, and still may not have finished it in his mind. While a machine can make a copy of the Mona Lisa, that does not mean it made true art.
I disagree. I think art is a distorted reflection of nature, ourselves, philosophy, or some combination of the three.
Though we have humans in charge of it now, I could easily see a time where machines can make art. All a mechanical brain needs are basic rules of human emotion, and how to incite it.
Consider the popular
10 minute-ish spray pain masterpieces. These are beautiful works, but are they art?
What if the artist painstakingly added each mountain boulder, each river drop, each star...Would it be art?
Most of the popular artists were, in fact, very good at art, and because they had the skill, they could churn out many, many more masterpieces than you or I. However, is a lifetime's work on a mediocre painting equivalent to, or greater than, the masterpieces of the artistic greats?
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I guess my thought is that, in the past, maybe one out of a thousand known pieces of "art" could be called "true art". But with the ease of publishing things and showing what you can put out these days. That number has dropped a lot. And I agree it is the fault of the computer this is so. Computers have taken the time and effort out of creating art. Mostly by speeding our lookout of life. And desensitized us with a huge number of regular (yet still good) art pieces
See, I'm of the opposite mind. I believe computers have enhanced our culture of art, by allowing anyone, anywhere, to share anything they wish. Because of this, they can get art tips or suggestions, and are even able to go back and tweak the original piece, without risking losing the value of their original piece by creating two save documents.
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And the point of any mockumentery is to overplay the theme of the movie. Why else would it have been funny? They have some true bits to it but are over done to make a point. Much like This is Spinal Tap. A fun ribbing of the ageing rock world.
Right, but would the reactions of the people surprise you? Let's replace the possibly-fictional character 'Mr. Brainwash' with Andy Warhol. Some see an amazing pop-artist. I see copy+paste, in addition to variations of the original's color.