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<blockquote data-quote="SolitaireZeta" data-source="post: 1424370" data-attributes="member: 20567"><p>All of these posts decrying the inherent hideousness of cities, reminds me of a couple of fantastic documentaries that are both over a decade old. One from the BBC, the other also from British television on Channel 4. There is no sign of them getting a physical release, nor have they been streamed or televised in years. I wonder if it's because their messages are so crucial as to require suppression.</p><p></p><p>The first is "Why Beauty Matters," hosted by Roger Scruton. Basically a visual and audio treatise on how visual art, architecture and music, before the modern era, had the goal of elevating the human spirit and even redeeming tragedy through beauty being an end unto itself. It also showcases the cult of ugliness and "innovation" for it's own sake, that the modern art world has become; as well as how the soul-crushing Bauhaus and Brutalist inspired architecture of the modern world has aged like curdled milk, and has lead to the archetypical dilapidation and aesthetic rot common to modern cities:</p><p></p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=vimeo]101804860[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p></p><p>The other is more tangentially related, but still relevant. It's called "The Mona Lisa Curse," hosted by Robert Hughes. It deals more specifically with how the rise of grotesque novelty pursuing modern art is at least partially the product of art transitioning into being more and more of an investment and status object for the rich. This transition being unwittingly spurred on by the Mona Lisa's unexpected rise to iconic celebrity cultural phenomenon. In other words: now every artist or "artist" wants to make the next "Mona Lisa," and every wealthy corporate high climber wants to own the next "Mona Lisa.":</p><p></p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.veoh.com/watch/v84980773qhwmPaEd/[/URL]</p><p></p><p></p><p>I am also reminded of some of the "art works" that permeated the art school I used to attend. A section that was literally just a bunch of random stones littered together; various works that were just a random conglomerations of geometric or deformed shapes, either painted in bright garish colors, or allowed the underlying material and rust and stains to show through. What they all had in common, is that rather than harmonizing with the landscape and surrounding buildings, they actively warred with them. They simply did not belong. "Landscape graffiti" is how I would describe them.</p><p></p><p>Besides that, there were these stairs leading from the library that would play a musical ditty when you went up or down them. Well, musical at first, that is. In my initial years there, I remember the melodies being digital but pleasant and soothing. Akin to the music you would hear when booting up your computer (i.e. Windows 95, XP, etc.), or loading up a video game console. Then in the later years they permanently switched the sounds to out of tune discordant violin noises. Basically, imagine hearing various deformed interpretations of the shower scene from "Psycho" every time you went up and down the stairs to your local library.</p><p></p><p>Yes. You can literally find more beauty in a startup sound from a computer or video game console, than from an art school:</p><p></p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]miZHa7ZC6Z0[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]h9mOjHzTFiQ[/MEDIA]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SolitaireZeta, post: 1424370, member: 20567"] All of these posts decrying the inherent hideousness of cities, reminds me of a couple of fantastic documentaries that are both over a decade old. One from the BBC, the other also from British television on Channel 4. There is no sign of them getting a physical release, nor have they been streamed or televised in years. I wonder if it's because their messages are so crucial as to require suppression. The first is "Why Beauty Matters," hosted by Roger Scruton. Basically a visual and audio treatise on how visual art, architecture and music, before the modern era, had the goal of elevating the human spirit and even redeeming tragedy through beauty being an end unto itself. It also showcases the cult of ugliness and "innovation" for it's own sake, that the modern art world has become; as well as how the soul-crushing Bauhaus and Brutalist inspired architecture of the modern world has aged like curdled milk, and has lead to the archetypical dilapidation and aesthetic rot common to modern cities: [MEDIA=vimeo]101804860[/MEDIA] The other is more tangentially related, but still relevant. It's called "The Mona Lisa Curse," hosted by Robert Hughes. It deals more specifically with how the rise of grotesque novelty pursuing modern art is at least partially the product of art transitioning into being more and more of an investment and status object for the rich. This transition being unwittingly spurred on by the Mona Lisa's unexpected rise to iconic celebrity cultural phenomenon. In other words: now every artist or "artist" wants to make the next "Mona Lisa," and every wealthy corporate high climber wants to own the next "Mona Lisa.": [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.veoh.com/watch/v84980773qhwmPaEd/[/URL] I am also reminded of some of the "art works" that permeated the art school I used to attend. A section that was literally just a bunch of random stones littered together; various works that were just a random conglomerations of geometric or deformed shapes, either painted in bright garish colors, or allowed the underlying material and rust and stains to show through. What they all had in common, is that rather than harmonizing with the landscape and surrounding buildings, they actively warred with them. They simply did not belong. "Landscape graffiti" is how I would describe them. Besides that, there were these stairs leading from the library that would play a musical ditty when you went up or down them. Well, musical at first, that is. In my initial years there, I remember the melodies being digital but pleasant and soothing. Akin to the music you would hear when booting up your computer (i.e. Windows 95, XP, etc.), or loading up a video game console. Then in the later years they permanently switched the sounds to out of tune discordant violin noises. Basically, imagine hearing various deformed interpretations of the shower scene from "Psycho" every time you went up and down the stairs to your local library. Yes. You can literally find more beauty in a startup sound from a computer or video game console, than from an art school: [MEDIA=youtube]miZHa7ZC6Z0[/MEDIA] [MEDIA=youtube]h9mOjHzTFiQ[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]
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