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Re: Is Lego Art, or what?
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lugnet.general
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Sun, 18 Feb 2001 22:41:05 GMT
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johnneal@uswest./ihatespam/net
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jonathan lill wrote:
> I am really bored at work today so I am taking this opportunity to ask all
> you LUGNET people questions which have been interesting me a bit. I spend
> much of my time away from work making art. I consider myself, in part, an
> artist. Unfortunately this leaves less time for Lego but that is a choice I
> have made. Because of my dual interests, I have wondered how many people out
> there also consider themselves artists. Here's a couple of questions:
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> Do you make things you consider art?
Yes.
> Do you consider your Lego creations artworks?
No. Models.
> 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?
I happen to be an artist, but that has nothing to do with LEGO.
> Are you a professional in a creative field such as graphic or industrial
> design or architecture?
Yes.
> Are you able to utilize Lego in your profession apart from merely sharing
> your enjoyment with your coworkers?
No. In fact, time playing with LEGO (and reading LUGNet, for that matter)
competes with working time...:-)
> If both building and playing with Lego is a creative pursuit, how does it
> differ from other creative pursuits such as painting or sculpting?
LEGO is a medium for creative expression. So is knitting, and many other
hobbies as well. Painting and sculpting can be hobbies as well. I'm afraid
that these areas are very gray and highly subjective...
> If you don't consider your Lego creations art, why not?
Semantics and intention.
> 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'm afraid that if you probe very deeply, this is what your question will boil
down to.
> 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.
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> 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.
It's a hobby, and it's not "integrated" with my life (whatever that means).
> 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.
Create some then:-)
-John
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