But first, we need to discuss what the definition is of art before we can categorize things as art or not.
To me, art is playing with your senses. Like painting is playing with your perception senses, music is playing with your auditory senses, dancing with vestibular senses, food with gustatory senses, …
In that sense, the banana plays with the most important sense of your body: the brain. By making you think about a nonsensical concept.
To me, Art is a catalyst for discussion, reflection, and expression.
So yes, I view internet trolling as a form of art. Maybe not capital A Art, but is it not the art of a sub culture? A way to catalyze discussion, debate, expression? A well crafted message that in often a hundred words or less that sparks endless debates and reactions?
Sure, some people can absolutely elevate trolling by another name into art, but by not incorporating skill or emotional expression into the definition you’re accepting that tweens yelling slurs at the internet is art because it becomes solely about provoking a response.
That would be a kind of performance art.
With that logic, everything is art.
Like my comment for example.
But first, we need to discuss what the definition is of art before we can categorize things as art or not.
To me, art is playing with your senses. Like painting is playing with your perception senses, music is playing with your auditory senses, dancing with vestibular senses, food with gustatory senses, …
In that sense, the banana plays with the most important sense of your body: the brain. By making you think about a nonsensical concept.
To me, Art is a catalyst for discussion, reflection, and expression.
So yes, I view internet trolling as a form of art. Maybe not capital A Art, but is it not the art of a sub culture? A way to catalyze discussion, debate, expression? A well crafted message that in often a hundred words or less that sparks endless debates and reactions?
Is the art the catalyst or the consequences?
Is the art the banana or my feelings about it?
To me I think its all art.
Not necessarily, no. I think nagram has summarized my feelings on it, though.
I’m not sure I understand this one. The audience is just watching, aren’t they?
Or that definition of art fucking sucks.
Is David Thorne not doing a kind of performance art here? He’s being deliberately obtuse, and he’s turned it into comedy.
Sure, some people can absolutely elevate trolling by another name into art, but by not incorporating skill or emotional expression into the definition you’re accepting that tweens yelling slurs at the internet is art because it becomes solely about provoking a response.