Computer says get a life – and we have | Simon Jenkins - Times Online
Simon Jenkins ponders the seeming paradox that while music cd/ record sales plummet and prices for individual recordings drop as well, live concerts sell out at premium prices. He ponders other, related phenomena, too -- readings by writers, lectures, live performances of any kind: all seem to get more attention (and MONEY) than the products themselves.
He concludes and argues that people are willing to pay for what they want, and what they want is the real, authentic thing (i.e., person), not another technologically mediated simulacrum.
Two things: one, if he's right, this has dire consequences for visual art, unless the visual arts want to devolved strictly into performance art; and two, for those of us who are terrified of public speaking/ public performances, this isn't comforting news. Some of us like the internet because it preserves our sanguinity (if that's a word).
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Factors in Canadians’ Cultural Activities - Research for the arts - Hill Strategies Research | Recherche Inc.
"Are the arts elitist? This report shows that cultural experiences are more important than demographic factors in four cultural activities:
* Reading a book;
* Attending live performances;
* Visiting art galleries; and
* Movie theatre attendance."
Includes links to PDFs of relevant research and findings.
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Notation: * = Private bookmark and comment|… = Clipping [?] | … = Public highlight [?]




