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Re: Is Lego Art, or what?
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Sun, 18 Feb 2001 06:51:57 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Jonathan Lill writes:
> <snip>
> Do you make things you consider art?
Yes.
> Do you consider your Lego creations artworks?
Yes, some of my creations I consider "art."
> Do you make things which aren't strictly speaking Lego creations but involve
> the use of bricks (i.e. multimedia collages)?
No.
> Do you call yourself an artist?
Yes. You don't have to be a "professional artist" to create things you think
are special enough to share and feel that they would be appreciated by others.
> Are you a professional in a creative field such as graphic or industrial
> design or architecture?
No.
> Are you able to utilize Lego in your profession apart from merely sharing
> your enjoyment with your coworkers?
No. My primary profession (being a member of the military) hasn't been very
receptive to my "hobby," as you may well imagine.
> If both building and playing with Lego is a creative pursuit, how does it
> differ from other creative pursuits such as painting or sculpting?
The only differance I can see is that hefting around a Micahalangelo (sp?)
sculpture could be dangerous not only to yourself, but to the created piece
as well. Flinging around a Rembrant could be just as fraught with danger to
the piece as well. I don't think it would be fun to play with either of the
above examples also.
Seriously, creating in the "block" medium has an added dimemsion (pun not
intended) that cannot be experianced in many other mediums. If you consider
a customized, or conceptualize car a work of art, then you could reason that
that medium is as close as you could get to the "block" medium as possible.
One can *do* something with that creation (even play with it) that you can't
do with many other creations.
> If you don't consider your Lego creations art, why not?
N/A.
> I have hesitated asking these questions because I foresee the matter
> devolving into a debate of "WHAT IS ART?" But I am not interested in any
> strict definitions or in making blanket statements. I want to know how
> people personally feel towards what they make and how they differentiate
> their Lego activities from what they do in the rest of their life or from
> what other people do.
I create what I like, and don't stop modifying and refining it until I feel
good about it. It is always nice when someone else appreciates what you
create, but I don't create for anyone else but me. Sounds a bit self
centered and selfish, but I haven't heard of many good, let alone great
artists who didn't create what they did for their own personal gratification.
> I have read that many of the posters here are people involved with
> computers, engineers, programmers, mathematicians, etc. This makes sense as
> those fields have a lot to do with the constructive, logical, and systematic
> aspects of Lego. I have seen Lego models built by professional architects
> and they have an obvious connection as well. At the bottom of this inquiry
> is the question of what the activity of playing with Lego really consists of
> and how it is or can be integrated with one's life.
Playing with Lego does a variety of things for me. It relaxes me. It focuses
my thoughts by distracting me. It awollow me to be fanciful when the mood
strikes. It allows me to explore many variations on themes which to me is a
way of pursuing logical thinking to many equally relevent and usuable
conclusions, which keeps my mind open and agile.
> Response to any of these issues would be appreciated.
> By the way, I have seen some models of museums of art in Lego bricks but I
> would be interested in seeing brick creations that are truly abstract and
> not imitations or representations of everyday, or real, objects.
Rich
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