Video Games are the medium that takes visuals, sounds and interactivity and has the true potential to be the greatest, purest form of Art. Of course if we keep churning out Modern Warfare 57's then we will never achieve that goal.
Poll: What is the Greatest form of Art
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I took a class called "art and anthropology" in which we spent a whole semester deconstruction what art is and examining it as a cultural component. Like art itself, any system of judgement is culturally (and psychologically) based and is completely arbitrary. I mind as well say shoving markers up my nose is the best form of art for all the significance it really has. You can't convince me that absolute notions of art exist and I'm not going to come up with some silly irrelevant method to quantify the "best" art from. So the answer to your question is: no.
I don't know why I voted for Music instead of Video games.
I know I agree with that opinion.... but it's still a little surprising.
I know I agree with that opinion.... but it's still a little surprising.
Its a genuine sign of maturity to admit fault (even more so on the internet) so thankyou. Equally I owe you an apology (hope this doesn't undermine my maturity opinion), I had a shit day at work and was nit picking. The terms best/favourite tend to be used interchangably and it was clear what you meant. Also dividing cinema broadly while problematic it was again clear what you meant.Adrian Neyland said:
I hope you aren't/never find yourself in a mind numbing job taking shit from idiots, and if you do I hope you have the strength of character to have a release other than being pedantic.
Personally I don't think one form of art is greater or better than any of the others since they all have their own ways of expression and conveying something to the viewer.
Having said that, I'm going to go with theatre. It uses a lot of pieces to convey something to the viewer, especially with musicals, and forces the actors to project a certain emotion at a certain time to make the viewer feel something or make them think.
Having said that, I'm going to go with theatre. It uses a lot of pieces to convey something to the viewer, especially with musicals, and forces the actors to project a certain emotion at a certain time to make the viewer feel something or make them think.
As much as I like video games...they have a long way to go before I consider them art.
They are first expressed as entertainment. The majority of people couldn't sit down and have an intellectual, serious conversation about how video games are art because they just aren't.
At least, not compared to literature, music, and film. Like movies have become more accepted though in the past four and five decades I could see the same thing happening to video games, but not today.
They are first expressed as entertainment. The majority of people couldn't sit down and have an intellectual, serious conversation about how video games are art because they just aren't.
At least, not compared to literature, music, and film. Like movies have become more accepted though in the past four and five decades I could see the same thing happening to video games, but not today.
While I work theatre, and I recognize acting when I see it, I'm going to have to go with music here. Let's face it, humanity knows how to kill, maim and destroy everything we see, but we make some pretty bitchin music while we're doing it.
On a slightly more serious note, music is perhaps the most sensually pleasing form of art, and has been around the longest. We make it our greatest form of art. Nothing visual can really please us just as much - music can make you think and it can make you sit back at the same time. It's beyond words, really. I know from my time in the theatre that music and sound is like adding the 3rd dimension to the world. Apart from the movements that actors must make, it's the sounds they have to make. I can tell you 90% of rehearsal is simply acoustic, be it movement sound, offstage sound or line delivery. It's just that important.
On a slightly more serious note, music is perhaps the most sensually pleasing form of art, and has been around the longest. We make it our greatest form of art. Nothing visual can really please us just as much - music can make you think and it can make you sit back at the same time. It's beyond words, really. I know from my time in the theatre that music and sound is like adding the 3rd dimension to the world. Apart from the movements that actors must make, it's the sounds they have to make. I can tell you 90% of rehearsal is simply acoustic, be it movement sound, offstage sound or line delivery. It's just that important.
I'm an artist (the one with the line drawing), and I'll just go with the good ole' ALL OF THE ABOVE option.
I would have to say Video Games.
Even if people just say that's a biased, well here's my reasoning.
Video Games are the most interactive form of Art, letting the player choose their own paths and decisions. Letting them tell the ending, sorta like a Fan Fiction of a popular literature series, but with it written into the main thing as well. While some VGs are limited in their choices VGs like Dating Sims, RPGs, and MMOs. Let the player create their own stories or decide on someone elses.
One of the prime examples is actually the Sims. It gives the players the tools and events to create their own stories in a relatively progressing neighborhood. While The Sims is quite far off from having a 100% real life simulator, it is a great start to what may come in the future.
I'm still hoping for a VG that will let you Create your own personal person, and only control that person. In a real life scenario, from birth to death. Sort of like real life except a bit faster to allow the player to experience all these things. That would be amazing. Play that over and over again
Even if people just say that's a biased, well here's my reasoning.
Video Games are the most interactive form of Art, letting the player choose their own paths and decisions. Letting them tell the ending, sorta like a Fan Fiction of a popular literature series, but with it written into the main thing as well. While some VGs are limited in their choices VGs like Dating Sims, RPGs, and MMOs. Let the player create their own stories or decide on someone elses.
One of the prime examples is actually the Sims. It gives the players the tools and events to create their own stories in a relatively progressing neighborhood. While The Sims is quite far off from having a 100% real life simulator, it is a great start to what may come in the future.
I'm still hoping for a VG that will let you Create your own personal person, and only control that person. In a real life scenario, from birth to death. Sort of like real life except a bit faster to allow the player to experience all these things. That would be amazing. Play that over and over again
Grrr, torn between music and literature. both have the lasting effect and can stir the soul and imagination of the person viewing/listening to them. Got to go with literature, that language major shining through.
