Re: Re: (idm) Propellerhead...or the Cool-io Synth
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quoted 2 lines Art has to be something that only the person that creates it>Art has to be something that only the person that creates it
>could have created...all art should be a first...
That does get tricky though. Would someone else have done something similar
to 4'33"? Or would someone have hung up a blank canvas and called it art?
What about exhibiting urinals? I think those were all "art," but I have a
feeling the same works would come out eventually even if Cage or Duchamp had
never lived. It isn't exactly "could have created," because *someone* would
have played nothing and called it music, etc. It boils down to the idea at
the root of the finished product--either having a new idea, or expanding upon
or polishing an old one. And I think pop music falls under the category of
polishing an old idea-it's still art, like it or not.
Sam