Subnostr

If you are creating revolutionary art, or art meant to be perceived as revolutionary and transformative, you must go beyond the formulas of the 1990s. The world has changed dramatically with the rise of the cyber and digital era. This transformation from the industrial era to the cyber and digital era is not just a technological shift but a fundamental change in how we live, work, and think. It impacts every level of our lives—economically, socially, and culturally. The way we connect, communicate, and create has evolved, demanding new paradigms and perspectives.

To truly inspire and challenge people to confront contemporary issues, you must evolve and upgrade the templates you operate on. Clinging to outdated models is merely repetitive. Unfortunately, the vast majority of art today still relies on old paradigms, which is insufficient.

If you don’t upgrade your template and the topics you embody in your art, you actually reinforce the existing system by diverting attention from critical issues—issues that can save lives, humanity, and the future of mankind. It is crucial to provoke thought and engagement. Repeating nostalgia art doesn’t stimulate thinking; it places people in a comfort zone and turns off their critical faculties. Go out there, challenge the status quo, and create art that truly makes a difference.

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vinney...axkl 1y ago

I've been trying to make this point to my Luddite artist friends and it simply refuses to land with most of them.

GLACA 1y ago

I agree 100%. The circle of artists who are ready to break boundaries and demolish existing models to start anew is indeed very small.

Let me share how I came up with this post. I was on Facebook, scrolling through reels, and I ended up in a loop, almost like doomscrolling. Some of the songs were cool, and some of the interviews were quite interesting, but then I realized that both the artists and the followers were staying within a certain comfort zone. As long as you are inside this safe zone, you don’t think about things like decentralization, censorship resistant protocols or alternative currencies. You don’t think about Bitcoin or what it takes to enter the cyber world and digital era, and what those changes could mean for humanity because you’re stuck in a loop that makes you feel good. It’s almost like an addiction.

I thought, if I didn’t have this world, which I spend most of my time in, I would be stuck in that loop. If you’re out there, you have to be really lucky to come across someone who can wake you up, shake you up, and tell you, “Hey, there is hope, and there is another way, an alternative world. Learn about that.”

Ava 1y ago

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Ava 1y ago

Well said. Metaphors express the individual, society, and their place within it. Art conveys what is beyond words. Art must evolve to express new metaphors and symbolism and inform society as life evolves.

"Star Wars has a valid mythological perspective. It shows the state as a machine and asks, “Is the machine going to crush humanity or serve humanity?” Humanity comes not from the machine but from the heart…when Luke Skywalker unmasks his father, he is taking off the machine role that the father has played… he’s a bureaucrat, living not in terms of himself but in terms of an imposed system."

– The Power of Myth, Joseph Campbell with Bill Moyers