[Toilet & Bowels]

Originally Posted by atsonicpark

Yeah, but the guy who said it was a multimillion-dollar-having famous artist, so he's probably more qualified to make that statement than you or I. I don't necessarily agree with it, but it made me think. I was paraphrasing a bit too, he went into a long speech about it. I think there's always new things that haven't been done, but at the same time.. let's look at music for example. How many genres have been invented in the past 40 years? IDM, glitch? But those genres evolved from electronic music, in general, which has been around forever.

Look at cinema. There's a new "mumblecore" movement with the advent of digital cameras, but the same basic themes and emotions are conveyed as films have conveyed for nearly 100 years.

You can technically invent new art forms, but they will likely have something to do with some art forms that came before. I think that's what he was saying. Which is probably true. There haven't really been many new types of art forms, I am pretty sure every extreme in every field of art (music, novels, cinema, etc) has been done. There are still original ideas worth exploring, and there's always going to be SOMETHING new that can be achieved when looking in to the emptiness. But yeah.

well i guess it all depends on how you define originality and i'm guessing that i wouldn't agree with that guy's idea of it, but i think it's easy for a guy who has made millions to become cynical about the art world and start making pronouncements like there's no such thing as originality anymore.