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The Art of Photography => But is it Art? => Topic started by: Slobodan Blagojevic on November 18, 2023, 07:21:48 am

Title: Arrested Development
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on November 18, 2023, 07:21:48 am
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Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: Ray on November 25, 2023, 01:07:13 am
Slobodan,
Are these flower petals blowing in the breeze, or actual butterflies? it's a rather confusing image.
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on November 25, 2023, 07:02:52 am
Quote from: Ray on November 25, 2023, 01:07:13 am
Slobodan,
Are these flower petals blowing in the breeze, or actual butterflies? it's a rather confusing image.

These are silk butterflies (made of silk or similar material), part of an art installation in a shopping mall.
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: Ray on November 25, 2023, 03:39:45 pm
Quote from: Slobodan Blagojevic on November 25, 2023, 07:02:52 am
These are silk butterflies (made of silk or similar material), part of an art installation in a shopping mall.

Oh! I see! And presumably the 'art installation' was stopped, interupted, or arrested, hence the title.  ;)
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: David Eckels on November 25, 2023, 07:11:44 pm
But is it art?
If you say it is!
I like it; whimsical, it is.
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on November 27, 2023, 01:50:14 pm
Quote from: Ray on November 25, 2023, 03:39:45 pm
Oh! I see! And presumably the 'art installation' was stopped, interupted, or arrested, hence the title.  ;)

My mind and its associations work in mysterious ways... given that butterflies undergo four separate stages in the life cycle (egg, larva, pupa, and adult)... and that the development is now forever "arrested" by a thin metal wire... hence the "arrested development." Not sure if that association works for everyone, but it works for me :)
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: Frans Waterlander on November 28, 2023, 11:38:00 am
Quote from: David Eckels on November 25, 2023, 07:11:44 pm
But is it art?
If you say it is!
I like it; whimsical, it is.
Proud Yoda would be!