tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5297306090706424134.post1244636843534456700..comments2023-08-15T02:21:46.775-07:00Comments on Things and Also Stuff...: Beyond the RoundaboutUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5297306090706424134.post-86960876594089606682011-01-04T12:25:42.832-08:002011-01-04T12:25:42.832-08:00This is all I have to say in reply.<a href="http://stuffinthangs.blogspot.com/2010/05/beyond-beyonds.html" rel="nofollow">This</a> is all I have to say in reply.Darren Maherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00035977231087809840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5297306090706424134.post-36880788081516521132010-05-31T12:58:29.791-07:002010-05-31T12:58:29.791-07:00Nicky's reply:
A piece of art doesn't nece...Nicky's reply:<br />A piece of art doesn't necessarily have to exist on the gallery wall, or be about something abstract or conceptual. Just because my subject matter is real, rather than imagined or conceived, doesn't automatically mean it is not art. This film is an artistic response to a period in a time of supposed great change in the city of Limerick. That was my only brief.<br /><br />At the same time, and as has been mentioned, the film is not a documentary, and was never intended to be a documentary. It is shot and edited in a deliberately slow and precise style. If you look at my other work, such as my piece Pripyat, shot in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, you will see that I have a very particular style of working.<br /><br />As an artist, it is not my duty to make people happy. If there is such a thing as the role of the artist, then surely it is to ask questions/provoke debate? It has been said many times that my piece asks more questions than it answers, which I think is the case. It does not exist to promote either side of the argument; in fact at the preview screening mentioned in the initial post, one prominent Moyross resident said that he was "delighted that finally somebody was telling the truth about what was going on." Another local woman involved with the project described it as “a very real and true depiction.”<br /><br />There are very strong opinions on all sides involved, and it would be impossible for a piece such as this to please everybody. Each individual interpretation of a piece of art will be always be different; that is surely one of the most fascinating things about art? However, the price we pay for this element, is that not everybody is always going to be happy with what has been created. That, I'm afraid, is the nature of art.<br /><br />However - as is illustrated here; there exists today a medium for debate like never before, with internet sites, blogs, boards etc.....and we live in a democracy. People don’t have to like this piece. And if people don't like this piece, then they don't have to stay silent about it. Everybody has the right to an opinion, and to express that opinion.<br /><br />But, if as it has been claimed, there is such heated debate taking place about this film; and therefore Limerick regeneration in general, surely then it is highly-sucessful as a piece of art ???Darren Maherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00035977231087809840noreply@blogger.com