Re: Interactive storytelling and me; and a challenge

["Brandon J. Van Every" <vanevery@indiegamedesign.com>]

thom@indiana.edu wrote:

> Art isn't 
> something which matches the couch any more.
>  
I missed this bit earlier.  I don't know where you've been art shopping 
lately, but there are a helluva lotta galleries in a helluva lotta parts 
of the country where the Art darn well does "match the couch."  In fact, 
it's fairly easy to distinguish the market of artworks that are 
intending to be home decoration.  Usually they're colorful and based on 
inoffensive subject matter.  And before you sneer that "that's not art," 
it worked fine for the Impressionists.

"Art isn't *only* about matching the couch" is a perfectly fine 
statement.  But production processes aimed at "matching the couch" can 
certainly work in consumer software.  To a far greater extent than one 
can get away with story cliches.


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Brandon Van Every           Seattle, WA

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