tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887809293642421519.post2166192659161950322..comments2023-06-19T21:13:37.866+08:00Comments on A Party-Crashing Angle: Gloria Arroyo, Underappreciated Patron of the ArtsJojo Soria de Veyrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755588651423753783noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887809293642421519.post-50862558806474266122013-03-17T08:03:48.512+08:002013-03-17T08:03:48.512+08:00Marcel, pre, of course ang pinag-uusapan naman dit...Marcel, pre, of course ang pinag-uusapan naman dito ay subsidized art, o art ayon sa state programs, hindi art na gusto ng individual for himself. You're right, that statement ("ang culture kasi natin pilit") is as regards to the topic of state-encouraged art and consequent state-sponsored modes of production. In that light, nandun ang sagot sa preceding sentences: "the culture of government-subsidized art practically produces such mis-alignments. If art is left to the private individual struggling for her/himself, s/he will not have been trained in the art s/he couldn't afford or the art that has not been in her/his neighborhood in the first place. Ang culture natin ngayon, magdadala tayo ng ballet performances sa mga rural barrios, tapos pag nagustuhan ng mga anak ng magsasaka at wala silang pambili ng pang-pirouette na sapatos, patay na. Tsinelas nga di makabili e. Ayoko ng mga tatay na tinuturuan ang mga anak nilang mag-appreciate ng violin, tapos pag nagkagustong mag-violin, di maibili." Kaya sabi ko, "Tapos manghihingi tayo ng funding sa mga kapitbahay natin? Kung magbibigay, okey. Kung hindi, pa'no? By law?"<br /><br />The individual who pursues a foreign land-inspired art is free to do so and should be welcomed, but at his own peril and by his own devices. Kasi, sabi ko nga later in the 'interview', still regarding training young people for the arts: "I wasn't talking in terms of the ethnic or the indigenous, but in terms of what's natural to the surround. The violin is natural to Austrians, that's why you hear it on Viennese radio in the same playlist with The Scorpions or Nina Hagen. The ballet is natural to Moscow, so some taxi drivers dance it at night. The violin is also becoming natural to that town where the Bolipata brothers came from, thanks to their efforts. Me mura namang violins, e." In short, okey lang kung foreign-inspired as long as it can be nurtured naturally, not artificially via a state program na hindi naman mapondohan ang lahat na inakit doon sa art na iyon.<br /><br />Tapos, pag me na-e-establish na na isang itinuturing na high art ang estado, nagkakalokoloko na, whether it's high painting o high poetry, nagkakaroon ng pag-debase o pag-devalue sa isang art na natural doon sa lipunan. For instance, sa Japan may mga art sa lipunan na nanatiling "high" sa pananaw ng tao, e.g. pottery o ceramic art, or ramen cooking. Kaya sabi ko later, "I was referring to the habit of condescension, as when we say, okay: tomorrow we're going to dedicate a day to the popular novel, we'll invite authors of some popular novels (whisper: although we know they don't really deserve the honor). The fact that academic institutions still put those divisions between the popular and the high reeks of the truth, that some art are being subsidized to survive (thus, by interference). Some art are over-coddled. This all seems a digression but really part and parcel of the culture of nationalizing or saving or feeling responsible towards some art. But all unnatural." This was still on the issue of coddling some art over others. The state, that is, coddling, or, in my preferred word, interfering.<br /><br />Sang-ayon din ako ke Oscar Wilde na masarap ang me mga dangerous ideas sa lipunan, tulad ng pagkakaroon natin ng mga foreign artforms tulad ng essay. Lalo na pag low-cost na art na mabilis ma-deliver, tulad ng magdrowing ng European-genre drawings sa isang scratch paper na mabilis nating maididikit sa labas ng ating pader. But, sabi ko nga, hayaan na natin ang indibidwal. Hindi yung lahat na lang ng magdodrowing ng European-genre drawings ay oofferan natin ng state sponsorship kahit wala naman tayong sapat na pondo para roon, para sa lahat, dahil lamang nagkaroon ng desisyon ang estado na nagsasabi: ay, ang ganda ng European-genre drawings, kelangan ideklara ito ng cultural centers ng estado na ito na ang high art sa ating lipunan, hindi na ang jeepney sticker art o ang pagluto ng adobo.Jojo Soria de Veyrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10755588651423753783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887809293642421519.post-76918366744381946512013-03-17T07:43:30.268+08:002013-03-17T07:43:30.268+08:00"Ang culture kasi natin pilit. Pinipilit magi..."Ang culture kasi natin pilit. Pinipilit maging cultured sa mga bagay na di natural sa atin, when we should be nurturing the art na nasa neighborhood natin. If it's a neighborhood of violins, great. Pero kung rondalla, wag nating piliting maging cello. Tapos manghihingi tayo ng funding sa mga kapitbahay natin?"<br /><br />^Panalo!<br /><br />Ang tanong ko lang: Should we also fault an artist for possesing an unbridled, (read: unnatural or foreign-inspired), imagination? Or that statement is exclusive insofar as the mode of producing art or artifacts is the only thing concerned?<br /><br />Sabi nga ni Oscar not the Grouch Wilde: "an idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all", more so if that idea or imagination is perfectly coupled with a medium suited for mass diffusion, like writing, the cheapest form of art. üMarcel Antonionoreply@blogger.com