Re: nerds with toys

["Krispen Hartung" <info@krispenhartung.com>]

Totally agreed. I wonder whether people who make statements like below, seemingly categorative and highly judgemental, actually think about what they write before they write it.  We all know that art is a very complex and highly relative and subjective subject matter. It amazes me that people make claims like this without qualifying them.  If they simply said, "This does not entertain me, or this doesn't feel like a performance" then I embrace the self expression. But people can't resist the temptation to make quasi factual generalizations...because they come across with the appearance of authority and objectivity. 

 

Kris

 

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Much as I personally dislike watching someone seemingly check their email while producing "music", I must point out that the creation of art is not necessarily entertaining, and vice versa.

TH

On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 11:42 AM, paul bailey <bpbailey@gmail.com> wrote:

What I'm really trying to say is this: sitting at a table staring at the readout on your grooveboxx, occasionally poking a button, is not performance. It is barely art. The audience, bless their little hearts, are paying money to be entertained. Your job, as an entertainer, is to do something they're not willing or able to do themselves.