is there room for an avant-garde in post-modern art or is everything trying to push forward therefore establishing a normality amongst the methods of art? art's vision has turned on itself and less on a social climate, so what are the next steps? how do we progress out of this rut, if that's what it could be referred to. Or is it a celebration of art itself. a thorough exploration of art, therefore raising it up and glorifying it, ironically while picking it apart. this brings up the role of the viewer to the artwork. if the viewer has no concept of art, which has been progressed excessively by artists, what then is their relationship to it. film, as the reading suggests, begins to resolve these problems and constructs a meeting point for the viewer and the art. will art make a sudden shift to the community? the gears have started to turn in that direction. will you be a part of this "progression," this shift? stop glorifying yourself as an artist. it's soooo passe to play the role of the enigmatic, tortured artist working out of himself to create something an audience can try to understand but only appreciate it as a manifestation of his own personal struggles. lets transcend ourselves and work for the community. celebrate humanity, for art is made by humans and should be viewed by humans. it's going to be a difficult sepeartion, i know. we'll miss ourselves, but there will always be time to make art out of ourselves in a basement. like kafka would suggest our tango with recognition and fame is distracting us from the true powers art can carry. act in the community and make vibrations, we've lost touch with the voice of our work. art can be more then trend, "the next big thing." if we examine this, we see that these glorifications are dictated by the aristocrats. they pick and choose out of our personal struggles to bring us into their illusive lifestyles. we can work from the self without the exploitation.

sooooooo go to the next pillow fight. be a part of it.