October 2009
Anatomy of a debate
conscientious:
I’ve commented on internet debates before, but here is a good opportunity to do it again.
So here we have an article that talks about the internet, images and Flickr, embracing and endorsing all of it. I then take that article, and I talk about mostly the last paragraph in it, to discuss whether or not there really should be such a schism between “high art” and the rest; and as a...
pictures of girls in their underwear looking...
annamack:
‘awesome light’ the back of everyones’ lame heads looking out at ‘vast landscapes’ rainbows triangles the photographer’s hand holding something ‘interesting’ upside down crosses girl with cryptic bruises or otherwise looking ‘vulgar’ in some capacity a person with their really long straight hair in front of their face a person wearing all black doing something ‘interesting’...
“On the other hand, flickr it’s just a massive thing. Nobody can just diss it...”
– time out…. | burn magazine
Thoughts about elites, Flickr, and chipmunks -...
conscientious:
After people stopped complaining about Flickr is not being taken seriously by the art world, the complaint has now changed to the following:
lapuravidagallery:
It’s futile to attempt to stereotype a community as large as Flickr. There are thousands of photographers that are working in the fine art and documentary genres. It’s not all ‘vernacular’ or “sleek, surface-based”...
Thoughts about elites, Flickr, and chipmunks
hyperallergic:
hyperallergic:
I love what he says about contemporary “elites,” but in general I would add three things for clarification:
that art is also about experimentations, which sometimes fails. So those chipmunks with Star Wars figurines might be necessary to ensure that playfulness;
the main thing that makes Flickr unattractive is that it is dominated by ad-educated aesthetic, by...
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