Who needs brains?
I think there's art in these photos, and I'll help you see it. Unless you're a sick, disgusting bastard like me and already do.
Only 9 pints?
If you can appreciate how emotional death can be, and understand that this isn't destruction, you might be able to see how it can be artistic.
She slipped.
These pictures can tell a story, but are totally open to your interpretation, just like any other painting or photo.
What a nice sunrise. =D
The colors can be pretty too. I think the blood splattering is a little like those splatter painting thingies where they use paint, except they aren't as pointless. By that i mean they can show where bullets entered and exited and what kind of weapon was used and how hard, and such.
They really do mean you'll lose an eye.
The emotional baggage that clings to the photo is also a factor. Death can be ironic and funny at times, a grim reminder, or a sad story.
She dies alot...
If you aren't convinced, you're not being open minded. Keep in mind it doesn't have to be pretty for you to acknowledge it as art.
o_o
The method I use isn't destructive or thoughtless like one would think. It's complex, and takes a lot of though. I have to paint the splatter patterns on the wall first, then create a non-player character and turn it into a ragdoll by removing its health points, while placing wounds on the ragdoll, along with placing misc. objects such as guns or money and such. After that, the hardest part is done, which is posing the ragdolls. And to get the product, I need to move the camera into position and take a picture. So several different processes take place to get the final product, which is a dramatic picture like the ones shown on this page. I believe all of this together makes it artwork.
He almost made it...
I took all of these photos using a videogame called Garry's Mod. If you're interested in it, you can buy it from Steam.
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Ill add some stuff then...sometimes I tend to do things my own way.
Well what's here isn't about you doing things your own way, or even adding a measured "amount of stuff" (what would I or anyone else say equals enough stuff; and sometimes more is less, right? ) Perhaps it's a matter of adding clarity around just a couple of specifics?
That's what i meant, and I think I did it.
But um...I guess you can be the judge.
totally grotesque G-Moding. extremities of overgore. How does anyone like this?
Very pretty- the blood spatters especially.
I didn't vote on this back when you originally posted it because I wanted to think about it, look at the pictures and really take them in. On coming back to it I'm finding little details that I actually love. The window with the blood spattered pane of glass on one side and the empty pane, sun shining through on the other. Nice. And the look of the body in the tub was also nice (though I found the blood splatters on that one felt overdone and distracting... how would you splatter that much blood and die in the tub with so little blood in the water (I know you might not have been able to do water/blood in GM)).
Anyway, I like them. No question they are art and no question that there's really great potential for great art here. I'd love to see even more with more focus on details and composition (the compositions you have are good, but I'd love to see more quirk). Nice work. And it is good to see you back!
I'll bite. "totally open to your interpretation, just like any other painting or photo" and "it doesn't have to be pretty for you to acknowledge it as art" are kind of variations on a similar theme: the recipient/viewer's mores or sense of appreciation doesn't possess any more or less authority over artwork than others, right?
However, I don't know that I see the connection to the language of the task in terms of contextualizing or critique. Have you considered that the turn of phrase this "is a little like" that seems less contextual than comparative?
Is then the declaration that your creation is art because it compares to other art or that it doesn't compare and rather confronts the aesthetic/moral judgments of the viewer?
Can you tell us a little about your process and method using this medium (i.e., the video game)? First thing in your proof is the turn of phrase "artistic". Conducting activities in artistic and artful ways may not necessarily be art or result in an artwork, right? Or, which is the art here? The photos or the actions--or in what way do these as evidence of actions combine with action to formulate your artwork? By deepening your contextualizing and critique perhaps these become artworks?
So, are you meeting the task requirements in the sense that you've declared this art or do you hear where you are describing actions adjectivally as art? Is it art or the record of an artistic gesture within a virtual space?