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In lugnet.general, Jonathan Lill writes:
> Do you make things you consider art?
Yes.
> Do you consider your Lego creations artworks?
No, unless whatever I'm modeling is art. I do consider my POV-Ray renderings
art.
> Do you make things which aren't strictly speaking Lego creations but involve
> the use of bricks (i.e. multimedia collages)?
If you count renderings...
> Do you call yourself an artist?
Yes.
http://home.cwru.edu/~bxl34/art/
http://home.cwru.edu/~bxl34/architecture/
> Are you a professional in a creative field such as graphic or industrial
> design or architecture?
I'm a freelance website designer, which involves a lot of graphic design. I've
also taken lots of art (and now a couple architecture) classes.
http://www.chuh.org/Students/Bram-Lambrecht/alt_sites.html
> Are you able to utilize Lego in your profession apart from merely sharing
> your enjoyment with your coworkers?
No.
> If both building and playing with Lego is a creative pursuit, how does it
> differ from other creative pursuits such as painting or sculpting?
I consider web site design, typography, programming, and mechanical design
creative too, but I don't consider them to be art. I guess I consider LEGO
different from sculpting because LEGO bricks are so formed to begin with. Art,
in general, IMO, is formed from more primitive materials...creating something
from almost nothing or from something entirely different.
> If you don't consider your Lego creations art, why not?
See above.
> 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.
It's a fun hobby, just like any other model-building, but using different
materials. Even if you're not creating art, you're still creating something.
> I have read that many of the posters here are people involved with
> computers, engineers, programmers, mathematicians, etc.
As I side note, I'm pretty much good at all of the above. :) I'll probably
major in Mechanical Engineering...
--Bram
Bram Lambrecht
bram@cwru.edu
http://home.cwru.edu/~bxl34/
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