Reading Due: 

• Goldhaber, Michael. “What is the Price of Art in Cyberspace?”
• Baker, Kenneth. “Lost in the Cyberspace Translation“

We will also be doing Presentations. 

If you would like some extra credit, please consider the following questions and respond:

Thinking back on all that we’ve talked about so far, as well as the reading assignment for this week, explain your position on art in cyberspace.

While doing so, think about some of the questions below . . . to help you form a thoughtful response.

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If you want/need extra credit (worth the equivalent of one response assignment):

Find your own example of “culture jamming,”  send me your image via email, and then explain in this blog why you believe it is an example of culture jamming (I’ll post the image after you’ve blogged).

Blog Response DUE ONLINE by 6 p.m. on June 5th:

Reading Due: 

• Croce, Arlene. “Introduction” and “Discussing the Undiscussable,” Crisis of Criticism (handout given in class).

Below are some questions that you may consider for the next response. You are not expected to answer all of these questions – you could focus on just a few that you find most interesting. You are also free to ask and answer other questions you may have that are not listed here:

• In Croce’s essay, she says that she has not seen Bill T. Jones’s “Still/Here” and doesn’t plan to review it. According to Croce, why will she not review the dance performance? What is your response?
• Croce brings up the term “victim art” within her (non)review of Jones’s dance performance. What exactly do you think Croce means by the term “victim art”? Do you agree or disagree with Croce’s term “victim art” and why?
• Croce’s essay brought on a slew of critical responses, some suggested that while Croce’s essay was understandably controversial, Croce also had some good arguments. What might those be? What did Croce argue about art and/or our ways of perceiving it that actually have logical merit?

EXTRA CREDIT question (you must answer this along with one above to receive extra credit): In Croce’s essay, she argues a certain point of view in regards to what she believes consitutes art or makes it valuable as art. In what ways does each author reflect (however explicit or subtle) one of the main arguments of either Plato, Bell, Tolstoy or Winterson?

** Always, always back up your thoughts with some example, quote, or explanation.

Read the following:

The Guardian | 2002 | What is art for? by Jeanette Winterson

Then, answer any one set of questions below, incorporating your understanding of at least two of the three readings into your response:

• According to each author, what makes art valuable? Must art carry a message? Must it demonstrate technical expertise? Or must it simply be aesthetically pleasing?
• According to the authors, must art do something to be worthy of being called art? And if so, what must it do? Explain why you answered the way/s you did. Also, note the similarities or differences between the readings.
• How do the authors of the assigned readings view the relationship between art and its audience? Does art have a greater responsibility to its audience than the audience to art? Do any of the essays we’ve read reflect your own beliefs? How?
• When considering the value and/or significance of art, do you think a piece of art stands alone (or should stand alone)? Or do you think knowing something about the artist is important and/or necessary? What do our readings thus far suggest?

Read each of the following and then respond to ONE of the questions within EACH reading (at bottom). You can either post two separate blogs or one.

• Excerpts from What Is Art? by Leo Tolstoy
• Excerpts from “The Aesthetic Hypothesis,” in Art, by Clive Bell

Again, I suggest that you take a look at the discussion questions first, so that you will have them in mind while reading (and can take notes or highlight as needed). And again, just ignore the page count requirement, but make sure that you utilize textual evidence to support your thoughts.