AMV Editing: A Postmodernist art movement?

[Beowulf]

I'm so glad I'm not the one making serious posts in these types of threads for a change.

BTW, my videos are not only art, but are better then everyone elses

[AMV_4000]

art??

i dont consider it art, i just consider it something i enjoy doing... im not an artsy editor though, i just put music to clips of anime and add effects.... guess i never really considered it art...

but if it is art.. yeah beos better then everyone elses... lol

[guy07]

I'm sure many of u consider just 'doodeling',like making fan art, just a hobby the same way you consider making amvs a hobby. But drawing is a art, isn't it? does that make amv's a art? How the fuck should i know? i just posted because i was bored, this topic is WAY to advanced for me, i don't even understand half of it. Come to think of it, i don't really care if amvs are art or not, i like them either way. 'Nuf said.

[Warheart]

Ok the anwser is simple. AMVs are postmodern since they don't necessaryly create something new they're just using recompiled music and animefootage. And the word postmodern defines the re-use of elements that were already created and/or used in the past time. So yep, amvs are a postmodern artform but it's not a movement since no one actually thinks about doing this because it is postmodern. /thread closed.

[JudgeHolden]

We are a step ahead of the mainstream postmodern artists, because we're creating art for the sake of the art. We've avoided the masturbatory tendancies of postmodernism because we ARE creating for an audience, while avoiding the pitfalls of art-whoredom because there is no profit involved; we can walk the fine line between self-love and other-love that true art requires.

welcome to the org.
you couldn't be farther from the truth.
when vcas come, you will see why.

downwithpants has never spoken truer words.

[wurpess]

Why is everyone talking to fanboy!
He is so stupid!

because we're bored?

Like in life, you have the book smart and the street smart. The same goes in art. You have the "book smart" ones that study to create and appreciate art. They are generally the ones that have to analyze everything and attempt to give meaning and justification to everything. Then there are the "street smart" ones. Those who create and appreciate souly on instinct. Letting the art take over and leaving reason far behind. Then laugh at the "intellectuals" as they attempt to give hidden meanings to art that either isn't there or is way off because they're thinking with their mind not their heart. Or is something they would never guess because they're emoting some tiny facet of their subconscious. Yes, some art sends a clear message and is meant to be analyzed. Other art is just meant to be enjoyed. Same goes for AMVs. You can sit there and analyze them til the cows come home and wonder what they were trying to convey and why they do amvs, and what exactly amvs are in relation to art. Or you can just sit back and enjoy them. I think its good for AMVs to have some kind of meaning, but it doesn't have to be anything deep and profound. It could just be a representation of the maker's emotions or subconscious at the moment. The reason? Because we can.

[azulmagia]

I haven't read one word of thise thread but Andy Warhol is a fucking no talent hack and represents pretty much ALL THINGS WRONG with art and artists.

That's true and Roy Lichtenstein even more so. His entire gig depended on the the idea that he was a "real" artist, while the people who drew the comic books that he ripped off weren't.

[Tash]

you suck too

[Warpwind]

I haven't read one word of thise thread but Andy Warhol is a fucking no talent hack and represents pretty much ALL THINGS WRONG with art and artists.

That's true and Roy Lichtenstein even more so. His entire gig depended on the the idea that he was a "real" artist, while the people who drew the comic books that he ripped off weren't.

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[Otohiko]

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Haha, strange how the actual sources look better.

He also sucked at drawing airplanes