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Would you like to have a BL Art Forum?

Who would be intrested in an Arts Forum here on BL?

  • I support an Arts forum and would post in it

    Votes: 85 57.4%

  • I support it but wouldn't post myself

    Votes: 29 19.6%

  • I support it but don't think there's enough demand

    Votes: 17 11.5%

  • I don't support it

    Votes: 17 11.5%
  • Total voters
    148
im still confused as to why it got dropped too...and am wondering why "tv" is considered more important than "art" :\

wouldnt it make more sense to post about film arts within a general art forum?
 
THE WOOD said:
im still confused as to why it got dropped too...and am wondering why "tv" is considered more important than "art" :\

wouldnt it make more sense to post about film arts within a general art forum?
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I am for it no matter how it ends up being done or what it's combined with, but I'd like to see it seperate from film and television. Like someone already said, we have words, we have film and television, we need visual arts as well. IMO, given some time to get up and running and work out the kinks, I think it would generate a lot of traffic. (sorry if i'm just repeating myself, but I've wanted this for a long time now and really want to see it happen)
 
Fuck yea , thanks everyone who put in their word so far.

if you got any reasons other than what anyone else said so far definately say somethin too cuz the more reasons for it the better. And yea like WOOD said...Come on....if we got a place to talk about every lil inane aspect of fuckin Monk or American Idol, aint visual arts worth somethin too?

I also think it would be cool to have it separate from film & TV like QE said.

Whats the worst that can happen? You make the forum and people dont visit alot? shit man you can post somethin in Words and none of the threads move for 3 days sometimes. if that aint low traffic i dont know what is. but yet people think it definately has a place here. (words forum i mean.)So why not give a art forum a try? Maybe im missin out on somethin here but as far as i know it aint like its hiring a bunch of new people at a job or puttin money down on a risky bizness, aint no money lost aint nothing lost but the time of volunteers who enjoy bein on the internet and spendin time workin on the site anyways so......i dont see what the risk is or why it is such a serious issue to worry about. I really think there would be ALOT of people posting there.
 
atlas said:
The gallery is fucked. The software is a nightmare to navigate. The approval is a pain. The legal liabilities of posting and hosting are pressing. There isn't much ability to actually have a discourse, or a community. Besides, In the intervening years (since the gallery was formed) free image hosting has become something everybody has, and is comfortable with. Eliminating the gallery is a great idea in my opinion, and divesting its uses across the forums (lounge, SO, EADD, OZsoc, the drug discussion forums) makes good sense to me. Maybe if SO got all the traffic that the gallery art sections got, a sub forum would be in order. Not a full forum though. Not yet, anyway.
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I agree; good points. I think it would be silly to have stuff duplicated, like a gallery art forum and an actual art forum. although I do like looking through the gallery pics every so often. It just really sucks with the gallery that comments take so long to appear because of the approval thing.
 
I would absolutely support and arts forum and would frequent it regularly. VPA was one of the main reasons that I joined bluelight back in the day. I'd probably post more, if there was a new art board because art is something I'm passionate about. I also don't know if it works like this for everyone, but when I'm involved in a community of artists, I'm more inclined to be creative & productive, something that benefits my art as a practice. I'm all for it. :)
 
I'm not an "artist" either but I too would endorse the return of such a forum.

I really don't understand how one has to be an artist to appreciate the medium. That's like saying someone has to be a film director to really love films. I'm sure everyone (who likes film) would disagree with this argument.

Anyway, if my opinion counts (derrr) I'm totally for this forum idea!
 
personally I find art pretty boring and have a complete lack of understanding as to why anyone would pay the stupid ammounts they do for paintings.........I mean lets face it, they pay millions for something thats old and cracked and half the paints falling off.........hell I got a house here just like that and you get a whole house worth of shitty paint.
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a little piece of my soul just died...


BECAUSE WE ARE NOT COWS!
 
i'd support the forum (and possibly even contribute a thing or two) but i'm not sure about the demand.

what i don't understand is: why do people consider painting and visual art as "art" yet music, film, literature, dance, sport, arseraping, science, acting and the countless other artforms are only subrecognised as such.
bah!
 
L2R said:
i'd support the forum (and possibly even contribute a thing or two) but i'm not sure about the demand.

what i don't understand is: why do people consider painting and visual art as "art" yet music, film, literature, dance, sport, arseraping, science, acting and the countless other artforms are only subrecognised as such.
bah!
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They are considered "art" in my book, visual is just another subcategory like the rest (which is why i think it deserves it's own forum under the arts & entertainment category. I mean really, the heading says arts & entertainment and there are TWO music forums, words, and f&tv - nothing for visual arts! :p ). It always comes second to arseraping in my book though.;)
 
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i agree.
it's just when people say the word "art" on it's own, it's a given that they're talking about painting. bah again.

arseraping = high culture
as in it is something to do when high
 
Unfortunately the art discussion portion of the forum slowly started to die. I don't see why that discussion can't continue to grow in SO and then see where it takes us.
 
id love to have an art forum available... since the gallery changes, i havent reposted any of my shit, but with a motivation like a shiny new forum.... im sure lots of people would break out their digital cameras with me!

i think a visual arts forum is a great idea. how come WORDS gets its own forum and us VISUAL artists are left with naught?!:p
 
I'm definitely in support of an arts forum. And I know I would post there quite a bit too. I think it's very important to encourage people to be more creative in their lives. And I don't see how it wouldn't generate enough traffic etc (?). Just think of all the diverse possibilities an art forum would bring: photography, painting & sketching, sculpture, jewellery making, costumiers. God, the list is endless when you think about it.

So yes, I think it's a good idea. But I'm a little sceptical as to whether it will materialise or not :\
 
I like the idea where people remake the bluelight logo. Maybe you could make a thread about that even if we don't get an art forum?
 
Oh yea, me too, not like it would change for really real. just like...from week to week or month to month or whatever maybe the display could change jus for fun. The real logo would still be the same thing and if you click on it it would take you back to the default one but i think it would be fun if we could each take turns messin around designing a logo just to switch it up a lil bit,.
 
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