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> I would really like an objective explanation of why this attitude "that the whole point of art is the process of making it" is anything but pretentiousness in
by aidenn0 2y ago
> I would really like an objective explanation of why this attitude "that the whole point of art is the process of making it" is anything but pretentiousness in it's purest form.
It's not necessarily pretentiousness (though it's definitely pretentiousness adjacent), but a view from the point-of-view of an artist. I say it's adjacent to pretentiousness because I think implicit in the entire article is the assumption that creation is superior to consumption (and also the assumption that art created just to pay the bills is inferior to art created for its own sake[1]).
1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potboiler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potboiler
- Miraste 2y agoCreation is superior to consumption in basically every value system ever constructed. That doesn't seem like a controversial axiom. Certainly it's widely believed on HN.
- aidenn0 2y agoPossibly after you started your reply, I edited my comment to add that it also assumes that creation specifically for paying the bills is inferior to creation for its own sake. This may be also not super controversial, but it is adjacent to "popular things aren't good" which is definitely pretentious.
- 8note 2y agoi dont think you need to go so far as to say more important, just that it is a part. ai art is purely consumption, or if there is a production part, its from the artists who were ripped off as part of training and reselling their work through the image generator