From: Richard Steven Hack (richardhack@pcmagic.net)
Date: Tue Mar 05 2002 - 19:45:52 MST
At 11:20 AM 3/5/02 -0800, you wrote:
>In Modern Art, there have been hundreds of genres which theme has been the
>coalescing of art and the human body. In fact, it is the human body that
>has been the pivotal symbolic gesture for the arts. Even in music, the
>body has been used as the link for bringing sound to movement. What is
>dance without the human body?
That's why one of my favorite singers is Kate Bush - an excellent modern
dancer as well. You don't get the full benefit of her music unless you see
her music videos in which she dances.
As an aside, Kim Polese of Marimba practices jazz dance and has stated how
important it is in her life and her work because of the requirement of
expressiveness.
Also, my favorite actress, Jodie Foster, has said that acting is not about
intellectualism (despite her capacity for that) but about physical and
emotional expression.
>Explicitly, in Modern Art, the genres of "Body Art", "Performance Art",
>etc., the artwork is specifically and directly related to the human body.
>
>My suggestion is to read the Transhumanist Arts Website if you would like
>to know more about art history and its relationship to Primo. Or, pick up
>some books on Performance Art and read about the artwork of Stelarc,
>Laurie Anderson, Vito Acconci and myself. If you pick up any art history
>book, just flip through the pages and you will see where the human body is
>the most used structure or element in all of civilization to be depicted
>or referenced.
>
>Now, if you would like to know how "Primo" fits into the scheme of things
>in the art world, multi-track the relationship between arts and society.
>The purpose of the arts has been to communicate. Artists are
>communicators. We communicate ideas developed and arranged from
>individual insight about world around us. The way we communicate ideas is
>expressed in which ever art form or style (context) we choose and which we
>think best reflects or expresses the content.
>
>Today, in the early 21st century, the most immediate, the most noteworthy,
>the most fascinating issues and circumstances are the evolution of the
>human in its merging with machines and the implications of AI and SI,
>biotechnology, superlongevity, etc. These issues become the core values,
>the themes, of Art. "Primo" as Michael Rose says, is the at the center of
>the next massive ideological shift in society.
>
>Art isn't just about depicting beauty in life, it is about expressing
>ideas. Art is a barometer of society and culture.
>
>
>Natasha Vita-More
>
>Founder, Transhumanist Arts
>Art Director, Digital Design
I'm not much of an art enthusiast except in two respects - I like comic
books, and I like fantasy art such as Boris Vallejo and the like. In both
forms of art, which are essentially modern forms of the old mythic tales,
the focus is on the Transhuman (technologically or otherwise). And in both
forms, the essence of the art is *intensity* - the art is *striking* - it
has *impact*. That is the hallmark of all good actors as well - their
*intensity* of expression. Pallid, purposeless art does not interest
me. I use art (music, movies, comics, whatever) to inspire me and to
strengthen my conviction that a better world and a better life are
*possible* (if it seems on a daily basis highly improbable).
Richard Steven Hack
richardhack@pcmagic.net
Richard Steven Hack
richardhack@pcmagic.net
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