Thursday, February 7, 2008

Integration of the Arts, Overture, Multimedia

Do you agree with Allan Kaprow's statement "The line between art and life should be kept as fluid, and perhaps as indistinct, as possible" ("Untitled Guidelines for Happenings")?

Yes, I agree with Kaprow. Art and life are intertwined, they are a part of each other. In attempting to keep this mindset as a creator, one is able to fully get in touch with their creative spirit and, most importantly, human expression. This view of art and life is what made artists such as Allan Kaprow, Dick Higgins, and Nam June Paik able to create new genres of art which blurred the separation of audience and works of art. These genres made the audience a key part of the art. If artists refused to allow life become art and vice versa then these new genres would never have come about.

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