{"id":175,"date":"2014-07-30T11:35:07","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T15:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/?p=175"},"modified":"2014-09-01T18:42:46","modified_gmt":"2014-09-01T22:42:46","slug":"gesture-movement-action-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/?p=175","title":{"rendered":"Gesture, Movement, Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" cellspacing=\"10\" bgcolor=\"#000000\">\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"99CC99\">\n<div align=\"left\">\n<div id=\"content\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When you use a pen or a paintbrush or a pair of scissors or a computer to communicate an idea, does that tool change the meaning of that idea? What happens to the idea when the tools are removed?<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.surfingthespectacle.com\/images\/uploads\/chrispicasso.jpg\" border=\"10\" alt=\"image\" name=\"image\" width=\"294\" height=\"379\" \/><\/div align><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">What do we say with our bodies and our actions when we are not painting or sculpting or editing or composing? If the medium is truly the message, what do our daily gestures communicate?<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.surfingthespectacle.com\/images\/uploads\/chrisgroupstreet.jpg\" border=\"5\" alt=\"image\" name=\"image\" width=\"138\" height=\"146\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.surfingthespectacle.com\/images\/uploads\/chrisgroupabu.jpg\" border=\"5\" alt=\"image\" name=\"image\" width=\"138\" height=\"146\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.surfingthespectacle.com\/images\/uploads\/chrisgroup3.jpg\" border=\"5\" alt=\"image\" name=\"image\" width=\"138\" height=\"146\" \/><\/div align><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Are our gestures any less expressive than our art? If our actions and gestures constitute a language, why not create art based on that same language?<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.surfingthespectacle.com\/images\/uploads\/chrishang.jpg\" border=\"8\" alt=\"image\" name=\"image\" width=\"214\" height=\"266\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.surfingthespectacle.com\/images\/uploads\/chrismarina.jpg\" border=\"8\" alt=\"image\" name=\"image\" width=\"214\" height=\"266\" \/><\/div align><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">At what point can we consider action as art?<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.surfingthespectacle.com\/images\/uploads\/chrisbodies.jpg\" border=\"10\" alt=\"image\" name=\"image\" width=\"254\" height=\"210\" \/><\/div align><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Is the artistic experience cheapened if it&#8217;s accessible? Or does that justify its validity? Can action, the rawest form of expression, be sold or commodified like anything else?<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.surfingthespectacle.com\/images\/uploads\/chrisbubble.jpg\" border=\"8\" alt=\"image\" name=\"image\" width=\"214\" height=\"200\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.surfingthespectacle.com\/images\/uploads\/chrisblaine.jpg\" border=\"8\" alt=\"image\" name=\"image\" width=\"214\" height=\"200\" \/> <\/div align><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Does movement require a motive? What would happen if action had no rational catalyst?<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.surfingthespectacle.com\/images\/uploads\/chrisfall.jpg\" border=\"10\" alt=\"image\" name=\"image\" width=\"345\" height=\"420\" \/><\/div align><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>[Guest entry by Chris Carroll with editorial assistance by SurfingtheSpectacle]<\/em><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you use a pen or a paintbrush or a pair of scissors or a computer to communicate an idea, does that tool change the meaning of that idea? What happens to the idea when the tools are removed? 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