...so perhaps the issue is not about whether or not video games should be considered art. For many people, there is no doubt that they are art, but what kind of art are they? I think this video definitely makes a good point. However, they say here that "you can play Mario but you can't really play a Dali painting" - what do you think about that? I am sure some clever and creative art museum educators and exhibit designers out there would probably love to challenge PBS Idea Channel to prove that statement. Perhaps those from the Smithsonian American Art Museum already did!
Random thoughts and comments about museums, art, design, culture and pretty much anything that happens to me and/or comes to mind...
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Video Games as [Surrealist] Art!
...so perhaps the issue is not about whether or not video games should be considered art. For many people, there is no doubt that they are art, but what kind of art are they? I think this video definitely makes a good point. However, they say here that "you can play Mario but you can't really play a Dali painting" - what do you think about that? I am sure some clever and creative art museum educators and exhibit designers out there would probably love to challenge PBS Idea Channel to prove that statement. Perhaps those from the Smithsonian American Art Museum already did!
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