![]() Right: Nam June Paik, McLuhan Caged, 1967 Nixon Tape, 1965 Lindsay Tape, 1967. Left: Nam June Paik, Rondo Electronique, 1966–68. I can't help but wonder if heuristics are part of the magical ingredient.View of “The Machine as Seen at the End of the Mechanical Age,” 1968–69, Museum of Modern Art, New York. It can definitely be creative and rely on craft, but creativity and craft are not the only components to what art is. How much they tip into these categories can determine if they are art to begin with, because, if nothing is said or given, I don't think the work can be categorized as art. Sometimes creative work can include entertainment and fashion. Not all of art or life is so epically moral though. ![]() Artists aren't exempt from this and may even be the biggest culprits of circulating propaganda on some level. This isn't just a tool of governments though, but can be used by anyone, or any group-even individuals. There must always be the good guys (us) and the bad guys (them). And even though propaganda is most often associated with nationalism, it inevitably is prone to being propagated by any binary moral codes especially ones that demand dogmatism. Additionally, this indecipherability doesn’t even need to be intentional. Propaganda and heuristics, as a result, can be indecipherable in some instances. At the same time, we are also looking to leverage simple heuristics. Since action is usually more costly to the individual than the group though, we try and assure we aren’t being tricked by their morality. This is because gray or nuanced areas, which propaganda necessarily needs to eliminate, is an impediment to getting people to climb aboard. Propaganda is when some entity tries to convince us of the truth of a heuristic while omitting or lying about the full story. (Something that time can usually only tell.) The big issue with this is that, like people, art can lie to us. ![]() ![]() It insinuates a truth and we look, analyze, and watch, so that we may adopt it if it turns out the work was "right". This slice has the potential to reaffirm, refine, or even propose new heuristics for us to use. So, the more universal the heuristics we operate with, the better off we usually are.Īrt can help us stumble through life by presenting us with a proposed slice of reality. We achieve success by zig-zagging our way to the finish line. In the same way an outfielder in a baseball game doesn't do complex calculations based on doctoral thesis' of physics to catch a fly ball, our days are made up of applying the most appropriate rules of thumb to given situations. What steers our lives is a bunch of course corrections. I'm always happy they're over, but they give me something positive and thought provoking when it's all said and done.) As the film wrapped up I couldn't help but wonder if the ultimate point of art is to help us gain better and more practical heuristics. Despite lacking any quality of entertainment, it put me in a weird kind of contemplative state that I appreciated in the end. It had no dialogue and each scene was almost entirely that of the protagonist running to escape some vaguely evil oppressors. The other day Hannah and I saw the old George Lucas short Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB on Cathode Cinema.
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