i took a break from this:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01dw5zr/East…
to watch this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb802qDc0aU&feature…
it is probable that the way i perceived the short film by Marlon Griffith was effected by the experience and therefore my perception effected by the legendary soap opera famed from it’s overuse of violence; Eastenders.
To check the truth of a piece of text check for the adjectives used seems to be Edward de Bono’s tip.
When I watched the 5 minute film I was reminded of visiting lecturer Brian Caitlings comment about the difference between art and craft: craft wants to be loved; art doesn’t.
With this statement in mind is the piece by Marlon Griffith art or craft? It appears that is it is and does want to be loved, but it’s not really it’s purpose. It’s purpose is to begin a process of healing through an awareness of strength and fragility, temporary and permanent. It does it’s best to raise awareness of our perception of death by displaying metaphorical materials and processes.
Is this art or craft? Maybe it is loved, but can you descibe the feeling of love for the connection you may feel to this piece of work because it is about loss of love. It is about coping with loss and how could we love coping with loss. No, rather it is connected to people in such an abstract way we have no other word but love to give to it.
The material and space that has been created using metaphor to induce a metaphor in the persons experiencing the work that would form a metaphorical connection with the experience to their own personal loss. They are connected to in as a group of people with their own individual experience of loss which contribute to its wider perception.
Is this what Walter Benjamin talked about in art in the age of mechanical reproduction?
