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Hello,
I agree that on the borders as Simon suggests when creating dance film, it becomes difficult to be integrated into either discipline. A number of months ago though, I was irritated as I watched the 'Culture Show' (not unusual!). There was an interview with a curator about a video art gallery exhibition he was responsible for during one major arts festival. What had irritated was that the conversation seemed to be stilted with the concept that this wasn't proper art! That somehow video art had to prove itself?!? Did it even have a place in galleries??? I wondered for sometime about this..... You see, even in a more broader sense than dance film, film within the arts culture challenges its understanding of what makes art. I would like to suggest this for me lies partially in the social availability of recordable devices and the phenomena of 'putting oneself out there publicly' through the www and other platforms. This phenomena leads to an understanding that 'anyone can do it' thereby reducing it to a mere pass time. For me, for it to become considered as an art form it is essential that we re contextualize the screen. Yes, that we reposition public expectations of the screen, the body and movement. Only by challenging concepts that currently exist in society to do with the rectangular box in our living room or a utube version of aunty Mables's birthday celebrations can we perhaps expect this medium to be taken seriously!
Thank you for listening to yet another rant on the subject!
Lotti
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