Hello everyone,
There has been much debate about this between me and my girlfriend. She is a dancer, I am best described as an entertainer. I should start by laying down how I define the three terms found in the title of this blurb.
Art to me is an emotional creation, by a person who is sometimes very practiced at externalizing their feelings/emotions and making them tangible. The idea behind art (I think) is to express yourself, and by sharing it, to affect other people, either by them finding a bit of themselves in the piece of art, or at the very minimal walking away with a small but significant change in their thoughts and/or perspectives. Art is also done with no audience.
Entertainment again, according to myself is nothing more than...well, entertaining. It is a distraction from the world around us that can best be described as "amusing". Something that holds our attention, but as spectators we do not expect anything too thought provoking out of a piece of entertainment. Entertainment requires an audience.
A performance art, is the hybrid of these two ideas. It is a piece of entertainment that has been worked on and perfected or very close to perfect before ever being put into production. It has been rehearsed and looked over to every detail. Lines, blocking and timing are all mapped out, thus you are left with an amusing piece of entertainment, that is able to be peeled off layer by layer and has the potential to become profound for those watching. I believe a performance art is only 100% effective when done live.
I believe magic starts at entertainment, but when done correctly, nears a great performance art. I also think that by my standards "performance arts" (such as dance, now you see where the argument started) are merely entertaining, and I hardly ever see a dance piece I consider art. It may be "artistic" meaning it has a few artistic, aesthetically pleasing elements to it, but the art title remains out of reach.
So now that you know what I, and my girlfriend think about the topic, I'd like to hear what you guys think about the concept. Either your own theory or go ahead and jab at mine.
Thanks for your time
There has been much debate about this between me and my girlfriend. She is a dancer, I am best described as an entertainer. I should start by laying down how I define the three terms found in the title of this blurb.
Art to me is an emotional creation, by a person who is sometimes very practiced at externalizing their feelings/emotions and making them tangible. The idea behind art (I think) is to express yourself, and by sharing it, to affect other people, either by them finding a bit of themselves in the piece of art, or at the very minimal walking away with a small but significant change in their thoughts and/or perspectives. Art is also done with no audience.
Entertainment again, according to myself is nothing more than...well, entertaining. It is a distraction from the world around us that can best be described as "amusing". Something that holds our attention, but as spectators we do not expect anything too thought provoking out of a piece of entertainment. Entertainment requires an audience.
A performance art, is the hybrid of these two ideas. It is a piece of entertainment that has been worked on and perfected or very close to perfect before ever being put into production. It has been rehearsed and looked over to every detail. Lines, blocking and timing are all mapped out, thus you are left with an amusing piece of entertainment, that is able to be peeled off layer by layer and has the potential to become profound for those watching. I believe a performance art is only 100% effective when done live.
I believe magic starts at entertainment, but when done correctly, nears a great performance art. I also think that by my standards "performance arts" (such as dance, now you see where the argument started) are merely entertaining, and I hardly ever see a dance piece I consider art. It may be "artistic" meaning it has a few artistic, aesthetically pleasing elements to it, but the art title remains out of reach.
So now that you know what I, and my girlfriend think about the topic, I'd like to hear what you guys think about the concept. Either your own theory or go ahead and jab at mine.
Thanks for your time