Preface
As Dr. Ron Art took sufficient shape for me to launch it via a Facebook page three years ago, I wanted to share my Art Manifesto. This manifesto isn't just a set of beliefs about art, but also a proposal about the very nature of art. Physicists work at discovering the immutable laws of the universe, and in a similar way I work at crystallizing some fundamental truths about art. More broadly, art is an integral component of The Tripartite Model, along with science and religion.
My Art Manifesto
- Art is cross-art by nature
- Art is always autobiographical
- Art is sensuous
- Art is synesthetic
- Art is never completely original
- Art has value
My Art Manifesto is the undercurrent for these projects. This is the first of six articles, where I introduce this manifesto.
I take umbrage at those who define art only as paintings. Certainly what painters render from their imagination, onto canvas, is a work of wonder. But they aren't the only artists we can speak of. Poets and novelists | playwrights, filmmakers and actors | dancers and musicians | even martial artists and fashion designers | and so many more | belong in this enormous circle, too.
Art speaks to a wide range of creative talent, genres and expressions.
Moreover, they all have a play on that canvas, which I see as a metaphor for any art creation. That canvas can be a video, a book, or a stage. Social media is the wide-ranging, modern day platform we have come to know, but the tried-and-true media of TV, radio and print are very much alive and kicking. Not just one, then, but multiple avenues, through which inspired artists can express themselves and also through which art aficionados can enjoy their work.
Art can play on a diverse set of media platforms and channels.
Consider the following:
You see, these two videos aren't just dance, but also an intimate, intricate coming together of music, drama and cinematography. There is something supreme to experience, when we watch ballet live, which makes theater so much more of a draw than any other media. Yet, that stage production cannot account for the creative versatility of film. The cuts from Polina Semionova gliding in the air, to her sylph legs and feet; or from the pas de deux, to the tight closeups of Amelia in Edouard Lock's choreography, raise the artistry of these pieces.
What is art anyway?
Just in case you weren't sure:
Art may be very difficult to define, because to define something is to take an objective view and to arrive at a description that many, if not necessarily all, can agree on. But by nature, art is subjective, and because it is so varied and people are arguably each unique, it defies conventional definition.
That subjectivity, uniqueness and defiance are all why I love art.
That subjectivity, uniqueness and defiance are all why I love art.
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