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So, are demos art?

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At least the interpretation-parts ;)
added on the 2011-05-09 10:42:16 by Punqtured Punqtured
I do consider demos as an art form. But like with most art forms, I do consider the vast majority of productions to be tasteless kitsch.
added on the 2011-05-09 10:46:19 by kusma kusma
The fact that the "art" appears in the interpretation, renders "experts" completely bogus. As seen in the stories about monkeys' paintings being praised in high terms. Not quite sure you'll be able to pull that off in the demo-scene ;)

Experts fooled by monkey-paintings
added on the 2011-05-09 10:56:55 by Punqtured Punqtured
There's actually a little "quiz" to test, if you're able to tell paintings made by a monkey from a painting made by a human artist.

Ape Vs. Man
added on the 2011-05-09 11:05:16 by Punqtured Punqtured
Surely coding an audio-visual product could be considered art as a digital medium.
Compared to an unkempt bedroom in a gallery, being suspended in a perspex cage for several months or exhibiting half a cow; demo's are the better part of the art "scene".
jmpov.
added on the 2011-05-09 11:17:39 by ringofyre ringofyre
Some demos may have been designed in an artistic manner, but this is not a necessity.

The problem is that a growing part of the scene wants to see just art, instead of seeing a technical performance. Design is more important than optimization. So then we see demos which could run on a PS2 running on a high-end PC with difficulty.
added on the 2011-05-09 11:33:47 by zerkman zerkman
i'll stick to my guns and define art along the lines of John Dewey and call it that which evokes aesthetic experiences - that could very well be demos, but it could just as well be something else. So sure - some demos are "art" and some are maybe something else.
added on the 2011-05-09 11:52:47 by nic0 nic0
Punqtured: I didn't imply that that definition was the one you agree with -- just that too many people do.
added on the 2011-05-09 14:26:09 by Tarmil Tarmil
nic0: Yes, just as some paintings are art, but the painting of a car or a wall, not necessarily so :)

Punqtured: I guess you'd need quite a few million monkeys to get an acceptable demo :D
added on the 2011-05-09 14:30:33 by Tarmil Tarmil
In the future monkeys will code demos.
added on the 2011-05-09 14:49:07 by xernobyl xernobyl
In the future demos will code us.
added on the 2011-05-09 15:05:20 by Blueberry Blueberry
Given enough monkeys, we could rule the world!
added on the 2011-05-09 15:11:04 by trc_wm trc_wm
Haven't we already established the common fact that a demo is nothing but a glorified screen saver ?
added on the 2011-05-09 15:49:27 by d0DgE d0DgE
But are screensavers art ?
added on the 2011-05-09 16:38:25 by Tarmil Tarmil
Glorified screensavers with sound that aren't art but quite impressive:

http://www.3planesoft.com/
added on the 2011-05-09 18:28:15 by Stebo Stebo
Xernobyl ftw!
added on the 2011-05-09 19:14:18 by w00t! w00t!
no
added on the 2011-05-09 21:36:42 by torus torus
Quote:
In the future demos will code us.

In Russia the future codes us & monkeys.
added on the 2011-05-09 21:54:31 by ringofyre ringofyre
Back to the topic ; yes, demos are art. ;)
added on the 2011-05-09 22:32:57 by Korguiq Korguiq
Numbered limited copies of demos.
added on the 2011-05-09 22:44:50 by xernobyl xernobyl
What kusma and blueberry said.
added on the 2011-05-10 10:29:05 by ferris ferris
Definitive, demos are art.
What kusma, zerkman and nic0 said.
added on the 2011-05-10 14:56:43 by raer raer
what Rothko, Dali and Warhol said.
added on the 2011-05-10 15:09:12 by 4mat 4mat
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added on the 2011-05-10 16:22:29 by ham ham

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