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Re: Is Lego Art, or what?
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 16 Feb 2001 21:10:16 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Adrian Drake writes:
> In lugnet.general, Jonathan Lill writes:
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> > Do you make things you consider art?
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> Yes
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> > Do you consider your Lego creations artworks?
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> My sculptures I consider art. My space and town MOC's, not so much. The
> museum treads a fine line between model and artwork. I do tend to
> differentiate between them (I think that if I can use the creation in a game
> of BrikWars as something other than scenery, it's artwork)
er, make that if I CAN'T use the creation in a game of BrikWars (and no,
Gino, pushing the bowling pin over on top of my mech doesn't count)
> > Do you make things which aren't strictly speaking Lego creations but involve
> > the use of bricks (i.e. multimedia collages)?
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> I don't think so.
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> > Do you call yourself an artist?
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> No
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> > Are you a professional in a creative field such as graphic or industrial
> > design or architecture?
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> By profession, I'm a mechanical engineer. Depending on your perspective,
> that is a creative field. It certainly is a very hands-on field.
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> > Are you able to utilize Lego in your profession apart from merely sharing
> > your enjoyment with your coworkers?
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> Not until I can use Lego to build a power supply case :)
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> > If both building and playing with Lego is a creative pursuit, how does it
> > differ from other creative pursuits such as painting or sculpting?
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> I don't believe it does. Lego is a medium for your creative outlet. In
> that regard, it's no different from clay or paint (or yarn for crocheters,
> or wood for cabinet makers, etc)
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> Adrian
> --
> www.brickfrenzy.com
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| (...) Yes (...) My sculptures I consider art. My space and town MOC's, not so much. The museum treads a fine line between model and artwork. I do tend to differentiate between them (I think that if I can use the creation in a game of BrikWars as (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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