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offline john is fast from sacramento (United States) on 2002-05-25 14:12 [#00234564]
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read the slight argument on the "thread on fruityloops"
thread. concept music is absolutely not elitism. concept
art is something that truely exists in all forms of art and
music is the same.

if you make an album with an underlying concept tying it all
together then it is a concept album. right?


 

offline Laserbeak from Netherlands, The on 2002-05-25 14:26 [#00234580]
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The term 'concept' is too open for interpretation. Musical
genres are based on concepts.
Since all music has a concept in a certain extent saying
that you make concept music suggests you make something
special without the need for ....(insert limitation)
therefore the term "concept music" is also open for being
interpreted as being "elitist"(creatively).


 

offline john is fast from sacramento (United States) on 2002-05-25 14:27 [#00234582]
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go to a museum and they have a section for concept art.


 

offline john is fast from sacramento (United States) on 2002-05-25 14:29 [#00234584]
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the term is certainly open for interpretation to some extent
but then people cant even fully define cut and dry what art
is so what makes you think we could or even should ever
define categories of art completely. i like broad things.


 

offline Laserbeak from Netherlands, The on 2002-05-25 14:34 [#00234589]
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Having a seperate section full of special concepts for
special people who can appreciate the concepts isn't
elitism?


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2002-05-25 14:35 [#00234591]
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go fuck a sumo wrestler then


 

offline john is fast from sacramento (United States) on 2002-05-25 14:39 [#00234592]
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the reason it isnt elite is cause its not saying its just
different music but its saying its music with complete other
eliments thrown in that have nothing to do with music
really. like "lets start a band that only uses powertools"
if you would put that band in the same category as other
bands then there is a problem. and seperating that band
wouldnt be making them elite it would simply be saying its a
different kind of band. and then people ask "why is it a
different kind of band" because the creative CONCEPT they
used. they arent better, they are just conceptual


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2002-05-25 14:43 [#00234596]
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no, the concept is different is all


 

offline john is fast from sacramento (United States) on 2002-05-25 14:47 [#00234601]
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exactly, the concept is unusual and therefor categorized as
"music with a different concept"


 

offline john is fast from sacramento (United States) on 2002-05-25 14:50 [#00234603]
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i believe concept art is stuff like painters who dont use
canvas they paint on car doors and cardboard and such. and
it becomes concept art. and is regarded that way all over
the world by any person into art.


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2002-05-25 14:54 [#00234606]
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"and is regarded that way all over
the world by any person into art." wow, you DO like broad
things: broad sweeping statements, that is.

so now you have changed your argument from it being
"concept" to being "a different concept" -- interesting
shift there, which contradicts your earlier statements and
backs up what i've been saying all along, namely that ALL
music and ALL art has a concept.


 

offline Laserbeak from Netherlands, The on 2002-05-25 15:03 [#00234610]
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Doesn't the term "concept art" automaticly suggest that
normal art has no concept and therefore degrades the
creative value and individuality of other art for people who
are 'into' the concept of the art?


 

offline john is fast from sacramento (United States) on 2002-05-25 15:04 [#00234611]
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has a concept yes but you dont seem to understand that
concept art is a genre of art. and i make no contradictions
i cant help it if you cant keep up.

and really not even all art has a concept if you think about
it. some people paint bowls of fruit there is no conceptual
there just immitation of what you see. which is still great.
the idea/concept only happens when intentionally placed
there.


 

offline Laserbeak from Netherlands, The on 2002-05-25 15:08 [#00234613]
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Immitation isn't a concept?


 

offline john is fast from sacramento (United States) on 2002-05-25 15:08 [#00234614]
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normal art is simply creativity, its beautiful none the
less. concept art places an idea which controls the outcome
of the art.

this is stupid i learned this crap in art class 101 i dont
know what the problem is here.


 

offline john is fast from sacramento (United States) on 2002-05-25 15:09 [#00234616]
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immitation is immitation.


 

offline polar bear from United Kingdom on 2002-05-25 15:12 [#00234619]
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the concept would be
a- paint
b - bowl of fruit
+ plus whatever media or style you put behind it
a concept in art can be broad or narrow. it depends how much
the artist wants to put into there work?


 

offline smokehammer from Saigon (Vietnam) on 2002-05-25 15:14 [#00234622]
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exam question>

can spinach be imitated ?

conceptualise. (100 points)


 

offline john is fast from sacramento (United States) on 2002-05-25 15:18 [#00234624]
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offline grinningcat from london (United Kingdom) on 2002-05-25 15:19 [#00234626]
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wat a fucking headache!


 

offline smokehammer from Saigon (Vietnam) on 2002-05-25 15:21 [#00234628]
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smoke some weed and chill yer brains dudes


 

offline john is fast from sacramento (United States) on 2002-05-25 15:24 [#00234633]
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im reading up. apparently concept art is art that sticks to
one concept such as sitting down and decided to do a series
of dragon drawings(example i found). so its art with a
predetermined direction.


 

offline polar bear from United Kingdom on 2002-05-25 15:26 [#00234636]
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a rather moot topic, concept / ideas everywhere in art /
music i'm offski, bye :))))))


 

offline john is fast from sacramento (United States) on 2002-05-25 15:27 [#00234639]
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what the hell you guys challenge something i say and then
complain when i defend my thoughts. dont read the thread
anymore if youre sick of the topic.

smoke your weed, try not to learn anything.


 

offline Laserbeak from Netherlands, The on 2002-05-25 15:47 [#00234648]
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The problem is that the term "concept" doesn't say wether it
is conventional or not or even how many concepts are used or
if the concept is creative or not. It doesn't say anything
for me really...


 

offline smokehammer from Saigon (Vietnam) on 2002-05-25 15:53 [#00234650]
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I'm more intelligent than you dude

I realise that all this talk is art-school bullshit

thats all it is
It means precisely jack-shit to most people
and not because they are less clever

and you sound like a prick for spouting it
no offence intended :D


 

offline jand from Braintree (United Kingdom) on 2002-05-26 09:22 [#00235399]
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He doesn't sound like a prick...he's just trying to talk
about a very difficult area...and people are getting tied up
in dictionary definitions (the one place you'll never find
art..)..

Conceptual Art IS different that other fields of Art you
could mention...I liked the example of a picture of a Fruit
Bowl; that's just representational (i.e. it is what it
is...) whereas something like Landys Breakdown (where he
destroyed everything he owed and pulverised it into dust)
has a definate predetermined concept behind it....

I thinks that's one of the major differences really...the
idea of a predetermined concept...

The trouble I think we're having here is that Art is all
about communicating concepts that cannot be communicated
with words....thus trying to put our thoughts down in text
is bound to fail and/or fall short in some important way...

if you really wanna have fun, try and define what Art is and
you'll see exactly what the problem is...i've yet to hear a
good definition from anyone and it's a subject I know a fair
bit about...

OH yeah...don't try and drag a brother down just cause he's
thinking aloud/exploring some difficult ideas...takes quite
some bravery to do that, esp. on a MB like this...


 

offline john is fast from sacramento (United States) on 2002-05-26 09:32 [#00235402]
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AMEN!!!!!!!!!!! all i did was say what i felt(which should
be respected) and defended what i felt(which should also be
respected). if you didnt agree or got tired of what i was
saying you should have stopped reading. you dont have to
agree, but you cant tell me im wrong.


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2002-05-26 09:34 [#00235405]
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sorry jAnd, but i don't think it takes bravery at all - and
it was his superior attitude that rankled most of us, not
what he was trying to explain.

hypothesis: Art doesn't even exist -- everything is Art,
therefore the word Art, like the word concept, is
redundant... so maybe "concept art" is the most redundant of
this non-existing forms : Hypothesis End


 

offline john is fast from sacramento (United States) on 2002-05-26 09:47 [#00235410]
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something we agree on, art is everything.

i only get an attitude when i feel im being condecended on.


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2002-05-26 09:53 [#00235414]
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fair enough, as long as you don't accuse moi of being
condescending!


 

offline john is fast from sacramento (United States) on 2002-05-26 09:56 [#00235418]
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actually i dont recall from who, but i really honostly dont
have an attitude in general as i try to be a nice guy and
see all sides of any subject. but at some point i know i
felt condescended on and it irritated me highly. no finger
pointing at all as i didnt keep tabs.


 

offline jand from Braintree (United Kingdom) on 2002-05-26 09:59 [#00235419]
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tone is soooo difficult to judge within this little limited
text box tho, isn't it?...I didn't really pick up on the
superior angle as I think almost everything you type out
like this can be read so many ways....

but hell, my friend, we shouldn't bother discussing
attitude, it's what he was trying to talk about that's
important...and I think he's done pretty well; it certainly
got me thinking about a few things, that's the reason I like
it here...you get me thinking!!!...



 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2002-05-26 10:18 [#00235427]
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say that again jand, and i'll bop you one on the nose! the
cheek!!


 

offline smokehammer from Saigon (Vietnam) on 2002-05-26 15:19 [#00235548]
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soory guys I'm not trying to bring anyone down> only
pointing out that tying yourselves up in mental / verbal
knots about anything in this existential universe always
ends in some kind of (neccessary) breakdown , IE. Realizing
that beyond a "metal workout" you may get from all these
ideas, there is nothing intrinsic or worth bothering about
it beyond that..

I am interested in , and WORK in , the "Arts" and I can tell
you , nothing is better than producing and enjoying Art. On
the flipside , Nothing is WORSE than having it turned into a
mental masturbation exercise , (I know a few who can talk a
good game but couldn't hope to ever DO IT THEMSELVES),
incidentally they get paid shitloads for their pontificating
, and making the simple sound arcane and complex)

To sum up, Art has always been hi-jacked by Non-artists who
want to "Have their way" with it, and create a whole new
area where clever conceptualising and arcane pontificating
"becomes" the art itself, often disenfranchising the
artist themself for the sake of their own self-satisfied
smugness

Talking about what :"IS" and "ISN'T" conceptual
Art is precisely the currency of these bastardisers* of Art

*By that I mean > someone who removes the wholeness of the
work itself by making their own interpretation of it crucial
to its worth, especially when they flaunt their own
interpretation as being somehow inherent & omniscient.

I was trying to get the guys to chill out from the whole
thing and was told sarcastically
"Don't try to learn anything...."
Well I don't need to TRY, certain things are self-evident
and you need instinct & natural intelligence to realise that
, not a Polarised chin-stroking session or art-school
lecture about the 'IS' and 'ISN'T' of art. Its so fucking
up-itself and alienating, m'kay ?

If you want to be clever, MAKE some art and make it well ,
and let your art do the talking...

Oh yeah Jand>
I'm not saying he "IS" a prick.
Just that he SOUNDED like one, which was a point I wou


 

offline smokehammer from Saigon (Vietnam) on 2002-05-26 15:20 [#00235551]
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....which was a point I would make to my best of friends
without offence being taken if it was applicable, which in
this case it was.

Ciao for now Art-lovers :)




 

offline jand from Braintree (United Kingdom) on 2002-05-27 05:56 [#00236644]
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^ great post....

Who'd you conside to be "bastardisers" of art, smoke?...any
well-known names you consider not worthy of their fame?...



 


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