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Re:NYC Wants You to Stop Taking Traffic Cam Selfies, But Her... by zanderwohl on Saturday December 14, 2024 @10:01PM (#42421161)
> I'm arguing against calling these photos art.

It's not that the photos are the art, it's the whole project to get people to change these images, posing for them, etc.

Re:NYC Wants You to Stop Taking Traffic Cam Selfies, But Her... by airstrike on Saturday December 14, 2024 @10:24PM (#42421241)
That still doesn't make it aesthetically interesting or contemplative. It's a cool project about an important topic! I haven't disagreed with that once. I just don't see how it can be art.
Re:NYC Wants You to Stop Taking Traffic Cam Selfies, But Her... by prmoustache on Sunday December 15, 2024 @02:48AM (#42422165)
"- my 5y old kid could have drawn it.

- yes but he didn't"

You don't understand that art. This is fine. You don't have to understand everything.

Re:NYC Wants You to Stop Taking Traffic Cam Selfies, But Her... by airstrike on Sunday December 15, 2024 @09:25AM (#42423550)
Who are you quoting there? I didn't say any of that. It sure is easy to debate when you can just make up quotes for the other person. Yawn.
Re:NYC Wants You to Stop Taking Traffic Cam Selfies, But Her... by prmoustache on Monday December 16, 2024 @01:52AM (#42428612)
I wasn't quoting you but an actual piece of art I saw a decade ago in Art Basel that made fun of people pretending something is not art for any reason they can think of, including that their kid would be able to produce it.
Re:NYC Wants You to Stop Taking Traffic Cam Selfies, But Her... by Dylan16807 on Monday December 16, 2024 @02:08AM (#42428695)
It doesn't really fit in this conversation because that's an attack on the quality and value of a piece of art, which is not at all what airstrike is talking about.
Re:NYC Wants You to Stop Taking Traffic Cam Selfies, But Her... by prmoustache on Monday December 16, 2024 @03:45AM (#42429160)
airstrike seems to pretend art has to be aesthetically interesting or contemplative which is a very narrow definition of art.