I do see some of your points here, I am not in to extream minimalism. I think that it prevents money being placed in other areas of real creativity. Or am I ignorant, not sure.? But I still dont see the point, so agree with a lot in what you say.
We need money to be spent in the creative process though, otherwise we will be thrown in to other directions in order to make ends meet. Its enough of a struggle for some of use.
If the intention of doing a project is only for experimentation, then I think it should be looked at as such. I think some of the projects on Showstudio were those types of projects. Some were experimental borderline existential, but Andy Warhol also filmed a person sleeping. It's not as if this type of work hadn't been done before. I think having all types of work is good for the art scene as a whole. It keeps the culture vibrant and colorful. I wouldn't want majority of the art work to be pleasing to the mass and righteous and glorious. I think if we see the flip side of this, where everything is great, beautiful, pleasing, makes sense, meaningful, it would be even more disturbing.
I feel the people losing their livelihoods during a recession would probably prefer dull hipsters and vapid creative-types to the breadline anyday.
The people with too much money will still have too much money. It's the people with no money that will truly suffer. I think it's quite vapid and conceit-soaked not to recognise that.
Sometimes I see art which I don't understand, but in a rich, vibrant, functioning free society, democratic society, hipsters and vapid creative types have big significance to the culture as a whole, only when basic needs are met would people start to experiment art for art sake. Imagine London, New York, Tokyo, without hipsters and weird unexplainable art. Beijing now has an art scene which is becoming just like the west, and it's a testimony to the uprising of wealth, personal expression, and of the middle and upper class.
You know, some of your statement sounds in a strange way similar to many criticisms Chinese artists had gotten during the cultural revolution in China. Personal expressions in art, in whatever way, when not pleasing to the communist party, were labeled too bourgeois, morally corrupted, harmful to the culture. I feel a democratic, capitalistic society has room for many different types of art. It's great when we could experience all the weirdness and absurdity. It would be dreary when those aspects are gone. How could you have a warm glow over this financial crisis, when so many people have lost their life savings, and loosing their homes or could not pay for the mortgages....
I am fearful that the west is becoming too self regulating(the tightening of immigration, that's always the first to install in hard times, and the more open and wealthy a society, the more open usually their immigration policy), and becoming harsh to art and self expression. When times were hard, and people are loosing their wealth, personal freedom could become a target much easier because more people are feeling bitter.
I'm now wondering if you are for real ? .... it so shows that you are not only incredible frustrated and full of hate .... but somehow one gets the sense that you are heading to the planet ...... PLUTO .... !
To fight little personal discordant wars ( so it seems by your writing ) in total anonymity is a sign of weakness in a person's character ... so I'm wondering whether you totally lost it ...... or are at the point of no return ...... there is nothing funny in your text .....: "i should have kicked the shit out of that tramp i saw on the street earlier today. " .... but it would sound better if you put yourself in that picture like this "I should have kicked the shit out of myself earlier today " .... that sounds far, far better and " CLEVER " !
Uhm ..... the length people go to in order to show how utterly frustrated they are !
The way you try to make your point is so destructive and without humor. I think you abuse your freedom of speech on this forum.
