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rynlingWhat Do You Think You’re Doing: An Aggressively Ugly Zine About Making Art
https://kaisercaimo.tumblr.com/post/639046804061700096/what-do-you-think-youre-doing-by-kaiser-caimo
They're not wrong, but this is some myopic and self-absorbed art school bullshit.
What if you're someone like me who loves studying and appreciating and creating visual art but hates the culture of art museums and also never comes into contact with other people who love and create visual art? (Except for professionals in the field of Art History, who are objectively evil, please see my earlier comment about hating the culture of museums, and also art auctions.)
What if the only community you have is online? And what if the art you love is only online, because it's not considered "important" enough to be anywhere else, or it's not made by the "right" people? And what if you don't actually want a full critique of your own work, just for your friends to leave a little heart beside it so that you know they've seen it and want to support and encourage you despite everyone being busy and tired all the time?
And isn't it ironic that the only people who say that "success on social media doesn't matter" are people who are already extremely successful and already enjoy tons of positive feedback, which they feel so entitled to that it never occurs to them that even a little positive feedback would make a huge difference to people who aren't in the same position.
So it's like, Yes! We should all resist the manufactured compulsion to stifle our creativity in order to become more consumable on social media platforms. But there's no need to be a dick about it.
I'm not going to apologize for how much I resent the way this sentiment is being expressed, but I should also say that I'm actually really interested in and inspired by the digital zine work of the artist: https://kaisercaimo.gumroad.com/
https://kaisercaimo.tumblr.com/post/639046804061700096/what-do-you-think-youre-doing-by-kaiser-caimo
They're not wrong, but this is some myopic and self-absorbed art school bullshit.
What if you're someone like me who loves studying and appreciating and creating visual art but hates the culture of art museums and also never comes into contact with other people who love and create visual art? (Except for professionals in the field of Art History, who are objectively evil, please see my earlier comment about hating the culture of museums, and also art auctions.)
What if the only community you have is online? And what if the art you love is only online, because it's not considered "important" enough to be anywhere else, or it's not made by the "right" people? And what if you don't actually want a full critique of your own work, just for your friends to leave a little heart beside it so that you know they've seen it and want to support and encourage you despite everyone being busy and tired all the time?
And isn't it ironic that the only people who say that "success on social media doesn't matter" are people who are already extremely successful and already enjoy tons of positive feedback, which they feel so entitled to that it never occurs to them that even a little positive feedback would make a huge difference to people who aren't in the same position.
So it's like, Yes! We should all resist the manufactured compulsion to stifle our creativity in order to become more consumable on social media platforms. But there's no need to be a dick about it.
I'm not going to apologize for how much I resent the way this sentiment is being expressed, but I should also say that I'm actually really interested in and inspired by the digital zine work of the artist: https://kaisercaimo.gumroad.com/
