02-01-2026, 06:08 AM
Canons like that can exist as props. For instance, if I wanted to make my own personal canon, and had nothing to say (sound familiar?), I could use the concept of a canon and the contents of the canon to sense-make within that context, or to have a Big Other to war against. The very process of that has artistic affect-quality, even if the premises are arbitrary, as you said.
This can lead to what art is and what art is or isn't useful for. Which create categories like highbrow and lowbrow, which, in themselves, can also be used as contextual props in which to work. This may seem pointless and pretentious, but if you would rather paint game on cave walls in order to magically enhance the hunt, that's valid too. Or art even for topical protest purposes.
This can lead to what art is and what art is or isn't useful for. Which create categories like highbrow and lowbrow, which, in themselves, can also be used as contextual props in which to work. This may seem pointless and pretentious, but if you would rather paint game on cave walls in order to magically enhance the hunt, that's valid too. Or art even for topical protest purposes.