kick it off 1,952 Posted January 26, 2019 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46955023 Read through the above from BBC arts editor Will Gompertz. Illustrates beautifully why I f**king hate "performance art". Don't get me wrong, I'm not a total heathen, I can appreciate something that is actual art, like paintings and sculpture etc. I actually enjoy theatre and literature. However, I cannot abide this pseudo-intellectual namby pamby shi*. He literally writes how it is 2 hours of tedium and boredom.... but "ah, if you turn into a pretentious c**t and change your expectations then it becomes an oblique and challenging masterpiece". Gompertz is as much of a conman as "astrologists" who give vague and ambiguous predictions that people can read 60 million different ways to pretend it applies to their life. He literally makes a living polishing turds and pretending he can see a deeper meaning because he's so intellectual and artistic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keelansgrandad 6,679 Posted January 26, 2019 Performance Art is very much like avant-garde Jazz. It only works for the performer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rock The Boat 1,332 Posted February 8, 2019 On 26/01/2019 at 10:38, kick it off said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46955023 Read through the above from BBC arts editor Will Gompertz. Illustrates beautifully why I f**king hate "performance art". Don't get me wrong, I'm not a total heathen, I can appreciate something that is actual art, like paintings and sculpture etc. I actually enjoy theatre and literature. However, I cannot abide this pseudo-intellectual namby pamby shi*. He literally writes how it is 2 hours of tedium and boredom.... but "ah, if you turn into a pretentious c**t and change your expectations then it becomes an oblique and challenging masterpiece". Gompertz is as much of a conman as "astrologists" who give vague and ambiguous predictions that people can read 60 million different ways to pretend it applies to their life. He literally makes a living polishing turds and pretending he can see a deeper meaning because he's so intellectual and artistic. Boy disses play he hasn't seen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kick it off 1,952 Posted February 9, 2019 Thought I'd check to see what quality additions to the thread RTB has made seeing as I haven't had to read his tripe for months now (God bless the ignore button). In one post he succinctly displays exactly why I have him on ignore. Firstly, despite knowing I've had him blocked for months, he is still following me round to try and have a pop (I presume this isn't an isolated incident of him responding to my posts, but obviously not clear). Secondly, he displays an incredible low level of literacy, and somehow can't make the distinction from me criticising the nature of an article I've read, and the wider genre, and me criticising a play that I haven't seen, which I do at no point in the original post. I merely parrot what Gompertz said, and point out the ridiculous nature of him calling it two hours of tedium and boredom and saying how rubbish it is, then glorifying at the end because he "changed his perspective" and therefore it is no longer sh** as he claimed for 3/4 of the article, it is actually a nuanced masterpiece. Lesson learned, RTB is still a moron who can't read and is (probably) still bizarrely obsessed with me. I won't bother revealing any of his posts in future. Do yourself a favour RTb and just put me on ignore. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
king canary 7,606 Posted February 9, 2019 I went to an 'immersive theatre' performance in London once by a company called Punchdrunk. Went full of skepticism but it completely blew me away and changed my perspective. I think it is important to be open to new things and experiences. However the stuff in the article sounds like a pile of ****. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MooreMarriot 310 Posted February 11, 2019 (edited) https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2019/02/05/ivanka-vacuuming-art-exhibit-draws-ire-eric-trump/2779007002/ Edited February 11, 2019 by MooreMarriot 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites