01 – Do You Really Know What Art Is?
Art is a creative process that expresses skill, imagination, and technical proficiency. It can take the form of a visual object or an experience and can be created through various media. Art is something artists create instinctively, unafraid and uninhibited.
Some art forms became possible only after the invention of certain technologies, such as pencils that enabled drawing or musical instruments that allowed composers to create music. Once these technologies were available, artists embraced them as mediums for their creative expression.
Why is it important to revisit what art is all about?
Because we can learn that “Art has no expiry date!”
It doesn’t matter if we now have computers that can draw; they will never replace the artist who uses a pencil to draw. It remains a marvelous form of art that only a few have the skill to master. Drawing by hand, using a technology like the pencil, has been around for centuries and will endure for eternity.
Consider other examples. Today, we can create an entire orchestra within a computer without needing to know how to play each instrument. Yet, this will never replace the experience of watching a live orchestra perform in a theatre. That centuries-old experience still gives us goosebumps!
Theatre itself is another timeless art form. Although cinema—another art form made possible by recent incredible technology—has become widely loved, it has never replaced the awe-inspiring craft of live theatre. Even though theatre has incorporated technologies like lighting and sound effects, these innovations enhance rather than replace the core artistry of live performance.
What do we learn here? New technology does not replace established forms of art; it actually opens doors to new forms. Once an art form has been created and established, it endures for eternity. New technology simply inspires new forms of art, it does not replace consolidated art forms.
Art has no expiry date.