Resonate, Belgrade, day 3! Today was the official opening of the actual Resonate programme, followed by some great, great short films, mostly 3D and animation. A lot of great films. Maybe too many great film .
That’s the nice thing about being completely new in a field: you’re just amazed by everything that people present you. You haven’t acquired a fine taste yet for the differences between good and bad. So almost all films were “wooooah, I’ve never seen something like that before”, while for the other screenings attendees, it must have felt like “ah, last year the selection was better”.
Today, I also continued with the Google search history update. I want to bring it on a magazine spread (I know, old fashioned), and I decided for a layout and a storyline. It goes slowly. Two years ago I was doing magazine spreads even day, and I miss having immediately three ideas about layout in my head.
And one of the highlights of my day was having a discussion about the art market and ways of selling art, media art festivals and the community, if contemporary art is exclusive or not, and, well of course, the definition of art.
There were some things that astonished me today. Eg, not one of the hundreds of people in the audience of the two last talks used their laptops. The talks were not that amazing, but everybody was listening. It was almost like smartphones and laptops haven’t been invited yet.
Also, everybody smokes everywhere, in restaurants and in bars and in clubs. The cliche of the smoking artist is true.
Also, the club scene? Still not good.
Input? 6
Output? 5
Learnings?
Art is cultural consens. There are countries in which specific international artists are seen as designers or creators of pop culture - and the other way round.
Questions?
Is scarcity necessary for an art work? Is scarcity, in general, necessary to be admired? Can things be enjoyed and appreciated which are not rare?