Chris Gere was suggesting the importance of digital media and links to pre-analogue times through philosophy. He made some very valid points, I have copied this from the twitter feed, - 'the 'white cube' is end product of centuries of privatised idea of self'. I find this statement interesting in relation to my own thoughts on fine art currently being treated as a vocational subject. In our recent placement presentations I was surprised at how little of a connection there was to fine art. I am not against 'art' or rather, 'the creative industries', (which I believe is a more appropriate name in this case) being used for monetary gain, but the approaches on which I am commenting on , e.g. photographic event coverage, have no critical value and therefore in my personal opinion have no relevance to fine art. Student's are being taught that you show work in a white cube space and that is simply 'what happens', with little thought on how this environment arose or possible contradictions it may hold in the viewing of contemporary art. To be continued............
