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Originally Posted by all the things you are
Again, I cannot stand that conceptual "either everything sucks or everythings is just as valid" conclusion. Sure I can't prove Bach's invention is of more artistic value. Nor do I have any specific problem with the photocopy being a byproduct. Yet the fact that one can't prove it changes nothing, it still may be better -can I dare say so? I really think the invention IS more valuable!
I'm just as openminded as any. But the mere logical possibility that a photocopy can be more valuable (let's say just not less) than its original -in other words, the lack of proof against it- cannot be used as defense. That's fooling people with false arguments. Sure I can take a photograph of some work that's as worth as the work itself, but that doesn't legitimize every knucklehead with a camera.
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I'm really not saying that you CANNOT think that Bach's invention is better or worse than the photocopy of it. Instead, I'm saying that the logical implication of art, that the photocopy CAN BE as important or even more important than the original work it was derived from, cannot be ignored.
It's precisely the lack and absence of proof which makes this very topic subjective in nature. There can't be proof unless we define what proof can possibly be, and we will never agree on such a thing because it's subjective. That's the ramification of that logical process. As such, your suggestion that the original invention is "better" is only really valid if we define what "better" is and I'm arguing that we CAN'T do that objectively and effectively.
I'm not saying any ol' idiot with a camera or a photocopy machine is an artistic genius nor any of that. I'm saying that we should treat taste and opinion as taste and opinion (about art) which, ultimately, is not based on anything more than personal preference and experience, not on objective fact.
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Originally Posted by all the things you are
Agree with the concert thing. Now, if I EVER express my intention of writing a fart symphony, please prevent me from doing so, laugh at me, insult me, just you guys don't let me do so.  I might truly regret it afterwards. |
Well, I can say it's a pretty silly idea, but that shouldn't stop you if you really want to do it. That's your business and it's your right to carry out your artistic vision even if I or anyone else may think it's nonsense.