Perhaps we need a new word then.
On 31/03/2011 22:42, "Dave Beech" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 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:
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>> 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-englan
>>> ds
>>> -new.html
>>>
>>> best wishes,
>>> Jon
>>>
>>> -->
>>> http://www.thomson-craighead.net
>>
>>
>> Simon Biggs
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