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   From: nenslo@hahoo.com   
      
   In article ,   
    MistySteele  wrote:   
      
   > purple wrote:   
   > > On Mar 16, 2:02 pm, "SODDI the Unclean"  wrote:   
   > >> The media IS art.   
   > >   
   > > blabbity blabbity blab   
   > > Report on Project in Understanding New Media, Part VII(Exhibits), p.i,   
   > > 1960.   
      
   >   
   > Interesting. One could say that art is only defined as such because it   
   > is what people see. Shakespeare, Dickens, and Da Vinci are all famous   
   > only because their works were, and are, seen by the masses. Now that the   
   > media is seen by the masses as well, it has become a new form of art.   
   > So, in my opinion, the media is not "killing" the Arts, only replacing   
   > some of them with something else. Whether this is good or bad is up to   
   > individual preference.   
      
   Personally, I don't think a forty-eight year old quote has anything to   
   do with "new media."  I don't remember what 1960 was like, but I   
   remember 1962 pretty well, and I assure you it was a different world   
   entirely from this one now.   
      
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