Yes, we largely agree! Use functions well as an evaluative term when we are talking about the deployment. Here we are thinking more of the classification register and of course how movements relate to culture in general, especially a culture such as ours that privileges ideological and aesthetic value over actual “use” value. Of course, people can easily use things to make money or make a point, so we’re not sure that it’s as simple as it seems…
I think the big distinction in the Design to Art spectrum is “use.”
“Use” is a term that does not appear in this piece until the end, where you observe the useless-ness of these works.
Function, of course, you cover - as there are many ways a thing can function, as you mentioned - even just as financial tokens within a given market.
The line is drawn at use.
There are folks who make stuff to be used, and there are folks who make stuff to be not used.
De-Art, it seems, is Image privileging design. The significance of the sign, the signal, the look - in digital spaces and IRL.
Yes, we largely agree! Use functions well as an evaluative term when we are talking about the deployment. Here we are thinking more of the classification register and of course how movements relate to culture in general, especially a culture such as ours that privileges ideological and aesthetic value over actual “use” value. Of course, people can easily use things to make money or make a point, so we’re not sure that it’s as simple as it seems…
Great distinction.