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Hi Simon, Creativity is as ideological as any term you can think of, including God, virtue, nation and art! If we're going to do away with art, it is not in the name of creativity. Dave www.freee.org.uk On 31 Mar 2011, at 21:39, Simon Biggs <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > This blog demonstrates what a bankrupt term art has become. Is animation > art, is that what it takes to be valued as creative practice? Does it > matter? It does to the Arts Council but to many creative practitioners, > working across diverse sectors, the question of whether it is art or not has > become irrelevant. There are more important issues. Let's disassemble the > term art and concentrate on creativity, putting aside the art world's > interests - a rather corrupt bourgeois scene that gets a kick out of navel > gazing. Real creativity is too important for the arts so why do we want the > Arts Council's blessing? The money, yes - but the value system ACE > represents should be history. > > Best > > Simon > > > On 31/03/2011 18:55, "Jon Thomson" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Here's a blog post from animate projects usefully mentioning advocacy already: >> http://animateprojects.blogspot.com/2011/03/de-animation-arts-council-englands >> -new.html >> >> best wishes, >> Jon >> >> --> >> http://www.thomson-craighead.net > > > Simon Biggs > [log in to unmask] > http://www.littlepig.org.uk/ > > [log in to unmask] > http://www.elmcip.net/ > http://www.eca.ac.uk/circle/