For myself, I love vids that are about pure aesthetics but I don't have an "art for art's sake" approach to my own work -- I always have something to say (usually several things, too many for one vid but I try to cram them all in anyway). I have noticed a shift, though, since becoming exposed to work like yours; I've definitely been paying a lot more attention to aesthetics and less attention to lyrics and narrative than when I started out. From my corner of fandom it feels like vidding in general is shifting that way, due to a number of cultural and technological factors. I'm curious whether you see that happening too. I like working from a "Ronon is kick ass," or "gee, this episode was cool" standpoint in terms of "vid for vid's sake." It doesn't always have to be an epic and noteworthy concept. Sometimes I make a vid because I feel like making one and I choose the source based on what's available and what I'm interested in at that point in time.
I see more and more vidders that vid for the visuals first and foremost, but there are still a lot that go lyrical primarily. I wish there was a trend toward vidding what people want to vid instead of playing so much mind to how the vid will be received and what the audience would want. I'd like to see a lot of passionately created vids that are what the vidder wants.
One thing that occurs to me is how the cultures of fine arts and vidding communities are different. What got me on this whole "but is it art?" kick in the first place was the differing attitudes toward criticism: discussing the work, who's part of that discussion, who benefits from that discussion, who's allowed to participate, and especially what kinds of things are we "allowed" to say within the frameworks of each culture. This vidding community and the arts community are very different and I think it's due in part to the make up of the community. Ages, genders, locations, etc.
I think, too, that fandom lays certain expectations on vidders that fine artists, especially modern artists, don't necessarily have to deal with. I mean, over the centuries there have been lots of people who very passionately tried to define and restrict what "Art" was, but from my POV (admittedly outside that world), that seems to be over. There's usually someone to say something isn't art, even now. There are things like outsider art and such. It's as public as it used to be.
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I like working from a "Ronon is kick ass," or "gee, this episode was cool" standpoint in terms of "vid for vid's sake." It doesn't always have to be an epic and noteworthy concept. Sometimes I make a vid because I feel like making one and I choose the source based on what's available and what I'm interested in at that point in time.
I see more and more vidders that vid for the visuals first and foremost, but there are still a lot that go lyrical primarily. I wish there was a trend toward vidding what people want to vid instead of playing so much mind to how the vid will be received and what the audience would want. I'd like to see a lot of passionately created vids that are what the vidder wants.
One thing that occurs to me is how the cultures of fine arts and vidding communities are different. What got me on this whole "but is it art?" kick in the first place was the differing attitudes toward criticism: discussing the work, who's part of that discussion, who benefits from that discussion, who's allowed to participate, and especially what kinds of things are we "allowed" to say within the frameworks of each culture.
This vidding community and the arts community are very different and I think it's due in part to the make up of the community. Ages, genders, locations, etc.
I think, too, that fandom lays certain expectations on vidders that fine artists, especially modern artists, don't necessarily have to deal with. I mean, over the centuries there have been lots of people who very passionately tried to define and restrict what "Art" was, but from my POV (admittedly outside that world), that seems to be over.
There's usually someone to say something isn't art, even now. There are things like outsider art and such. It's as public as it used to be.