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I don’t see what the difference is between this performance and one of the earlier experiments in social psychology by Milgrom and Zimbardo. There’s no way she
by Gimpei 3y ago
I don’t see what the difference is between this performance and one of the earlier experiments in social psychology by Milgrom and Zimbardo. There’s no way she didn’t get the idea from them. So, to me, this is neither original nor interesting.
In general, I don’t see the point of conceptual art, as it presupposes that the artist has some privileged perspective on the world that they can enlighten us all with. For me, this is a problem much better suited to the scientific method. And anyway, if the only point of your art is some abstract theory, why not write it out clearly on a single sheet of paper? I know it won’t win you the Turner prize, but it will save us all a lot of time.
- telmo 3y ago"Not everything that can be counted counts and not everything that counts can be counted" (attributed to Albert Einstein)
- bondarchuk 3y ago>In general, I don’t see the point of conceptual art, as it presupposes that the artist has some privileged perspective on the world that they can enlighten us all with. The privilege is simply that they went out and did it, I think. Someone wants to see what happens when you do XYZ, they do XYZ, and that's it. I don't know why this is taken as a sign of extreme arrogance or anything.
- RIMR 3y agoFor someone who respects the scientific method, you seem awfully dismissive of peer review... So what if Milgrom and Zimbardo's studies in conformity already happened? We don't run an experiment once and stick with the results forever. That's patently un-scientific. Regardless, just because you didn't understand the piece, doesn't mean it's not art, and just because you found scientific studies to be more conclusive doesn't mean that this performance failed to further our understanding.