Sunday, May 14, 2006
Art and Utility cannot be married.
I believe that art should present dystopias and respond to the world. The only way in which a work of art can become useful rather than functional is for it to be some kind of blueprint or manifesto - art cannot do this because it is visual and has to respond to what exists. Art is fundamentally about viewing and responding and making.
Tatlin's Tower attempts to marry art and utility in an obvious sense but fails because once a piece of art, a monument in this case has a definite utility the thing produced is governed by it's utility - there is no system that can exist that ensures that the use does not compromise the function (the art). ¶ 1:21 AM
I believe that art should present dystopias and respond to the world. The only way in which a work of art can become useful rather than functional is for it to be some kind of blueprint or manifesto - art cannot do this because it is visual and has to respond to what exists. Art is fundamentally about viewing and responding and making.
Tatlin's Tower attempts to marry art and utility in an obvious sense but fails because once a piece of art, a monument in this case has a definite utility the thing produced is governed by it's utility - there is no system that can exist that ensures that the use does not compromise the function (the art). ¶ 1:21 AM
