Let's see if this gets any play...

[sen_no_ongaku]

Proposal: Art should be created without the expectation of material compensation.

True or false?

Commonplace attitude or not?



[EDIT: This is not intended to imply that something created for with such an expectation cannot be art, though I may propose that sometime later.]

Comments

From BD

[(Anonymous)]

Ah, I think I was confused by your question. There are other ways to support art than through money, many more important ones. To reference my subcategories below:

Fine art should be supported through money, private if possible, public if necessary (which it probably is).

"Idea" art should be supported through protecting the constitutional rights of freedom of speech and expression.

Entertainment art should be supported through copyright law, or, where copyright law breaks down, through some other legal structure which protects intellectual property.

Performance art should be supported through art programs in public education which give children an interest and enjoyment in art (this also serves to support pretty much all other forms of art, and has fringe benefits as well).

So yeah, grants, rights, legal protection and public education. These are all important.

Re: From BD

[sen-no-ongaku.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm interested in your answer as well; perhaps, in trying to be pithy, I ended up unclear.

I don't necessarily mean to have reduced my proposal to those questions I asked of ppaladin...