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
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