unexpected works of art

dholliday · November 12, 2013

the word "art" is becoming as horribly abused as "fantastic" and "awesome" have long been. The whole debate about "what is art" inevitably resulting in a "my fart is art" conclusion.

bugger that, we know what proper art is, and sometimes we find it in the most unexpected places...like in this synthesizer demo:

[video=youtube;VV062iZ711E]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV062iZ711E[/video]

show us your unexpected works of art!

carlos21 · November 12, 2013

dholliday said:
the word "art" is becoming as horribly abused as "fantastic" and "awesome" have long been. The whole debate about "what is art" inevitably resulting in a "my fart is art" conclusion.

bugger that, we know what proper art is, and sometimes we find it in the most unexpected places...like in this synthesizer demo:

[video=youtube;VV062iZ711E]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV062iZ711E[/video]

show us your unexpected works of art!

afternoon mate what is your name again.

ijjysmith · November 12, 2013

What's GOT's opinion of Banksy?

Probably won't surprise you to know I love the stuff.

carlos21 · November 12, 2013

ijjysmith said:
What's GOT's opinion of Banksy?

Probably won't surprise you to know I love the stuff.

what for tea kid.

ijjysmith · November 12, 2013

carlos21 said:
what for tea kid.

I'm cooking tonight mate. Anything could happen. I'll let you know mate!

carlos21 · November 12, 2013

ijjysmith said:
I'm cooking tonight mate. Anything could happen. I'll let you know mate!

I am having pasta salad dude.

dholliday · November 12, 2013

carlos21 said:
afternoon mate what is your name again.

my name's Darren, which isn't as cool as Carlos, but at least it's better than Rupert or Godfrey.

ijjysmith said:
What's GOT's opinion of Banksy?

Probably won't surprise you to know I love the stuff.

I like Banksy too. Not just his work, but the message, how he submits it, how he lets it just display in public, and how he keeps himself.

Jexus, the synth guy in the demo, has a similar anti-bull**** pro-art attitude.

Bungle · November 12, 2013

Hermann Mejia

roydo · November 12, 2013

ijjysmith said:
What's GOT's opinion of Banksy?

Probably won't surprise you to know I love the stuff.

Brilliant is Banksy. He held an exhibition in Bristol last year. Not even the museum staff knew he was doing it, just the curator. Set it all up over night, and about 250000 people saw it. Which is ironic, cos most of them would have walked right by one his pieces on the way to the museum, but unless they knew it was there, would not have seen it!

davek · November 12, 2013

Just finished reading this (about the Bristol Cowboys footy team):

Banksy did a tour of Mexico with them when they went out to play against native teams in Zapatista controlled country

Baines' left foot · November 12, 2013

ijjysmith said:
What's GOT's opinion of Banksy?

Probably won't surprise you to know I love the stuff.

I like some of his work, but there's something about him that makes me feel like he's disappeared up his own backside.

ijjysmith · November 12, 2013

Baines' left foot said:
I like some of his work, but there's something about him that makes me feel like he's disappeared up his own backside.

Yeah I think I agree.

Was better a few years ago. Now it's all a little cliche for my liking.

ijjysmith · November 12, 2013

That and when he did one in Southampton it took about 3 hours for it to be destroyed by yobs!

Baines' left foot · November 12, 2013

ijjysmith said:
Yeah I think I agree.

Was better a few years ago. Now it's all a little cliche for my liking.

I'm not basing that on an awful lot to be honest, I just get that impression.

The way he sold off those stencil prints for dead cheap and referred to it as a once in a lifetime opportunity, or something. I thought that was a little odd.

He's a very talented guy, though. I used to enjoy seeing the painting he did in Liverpool of a giant rat until it got covered up (at least I think it's covered up now).