In article <HfgDj.85641$FO1.76091@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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MistySteele <live_long_and_prosper4@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> purple wrote:
> > On Mar 16, 2:02 pm, "SODDI the Unclean" <n...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> The media IS art.
> >
> > blabbity blabbity blab
> > Re****t on Project in Understanding New Media, Part VII(Exhibits), p.i,
> > 1960.
>
> Interesting. One could say that art is only defined as such because it
> is what people see. Shakespeare, Dickens, and Da Vinci are all famous
> only because their works were, and are, seen by the m*****. Now that the
> media is seen by the m***** as well, it has become a new form of art.
> So, in my opinion, the media is not "killing" the Arts, only replacing
> some of them with something else. Whether this is good or bad is up to
> individual preference.
Personally, I don't think a forty-eight year old quote has anything to
do with "new media." I don't remember what 1960 was like, but I
remember 1962 pretty well, and I assure you it was a different world
entirely from this one now.
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