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Re: Is Lego Art, or what?
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Tue, 20 Feb 2001 10:33:33 GMT
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"jonathan lill" <jonathanl@myriadweb.com> skrev i meddelandet
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> I am really bored at work today so I am taking this opportunity...
I'm really sick, at home, today, so I take the opportunity to answer...
> Do you make things you consider art?
Yes, sort of. The renderings I make I consider as much 'art' as any other
pictures I produce (be it painting, photography or other means). I have a hard
time thinking of Lego models as 'art', even the sculptures of Eric H. and
others, I don't know why.
> Do you consider your Lego creations artworks?
No. Not the physical ones, only the virtual, and then only sometimes...
I think of Lego models more as 'illustrations' than 'art'.
> Do you make things which aren't strictly speaking Lego creations but involve
> the use of bricks (i.e. multimedia collages)?
Well, I made a computer game for my kids, using (Virtual) Lego for the
illustrations...
> Do you call yourself an artist?
No.
> Are you a professional in a creative field such as graphic or industrial
> design or architecture?
With the alternatives given above, my answer is 'No'.
I prefer to call computer programming a 'creative field' too, and with that
definition the answer is 'Yes'.
> Are you able to utilize Lego in your profession apart from merely sharing
> your enjoyment with your coworkers?
Not really.
> If both building and playing with Lego is a creative pursuit, how does it
> differ from other creative pursuits such as painting or sculpting?
There are much more constraints in Lego building - the bricks can only be put
together in a limited number of ways, and some bricks can _only_ be used for
special purposes (as if green only could be painted in the upper left corner
of a canvas).
> If you don't consider your Lego creations art, why not?
See above.
> 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.
Just look at any 2 year old's constructions :-)
--
Anders Isaksson, Sweden
BlockCAD: http://user.tninet.se/~hbh828t/proglego.htm
Gallery: http://user.tninet.se/~hbh828t/gallery/index.htm
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