IF SOCIAL MEDIA IS NOW CONSIDERED ART, THEN I AM AN ARTIST — AND SO ARE YOU - IF YOU’RE BROWSING GIFS ON TUMBLR, TAKING PICTURES FOR INSTAGRAM, OR CRAFTING TWEETS FOR TWITTER, WHETHER YOU REALIZE IT OR NOT, THAT’S ART.
by CONNOR FRANTA
“The rise of the smartphone has single-handedly given each individual in this generation the inadvertent ability to convey and ingest creativity in all its forms. In this day and age, we are consuming and creating art in more ways than any generation before us. Think about it: Every single morning, what is the first thing you do? Now, I’m willing to bet 99 percent of you reading this said, “Check my phone” (or at least you thought that in your head, because if you didn’t, you’re talking to yourself and that’s just plain unacceptable).
Kids and adults alike are increasingly allocating more and more time to their phones. Recently, it has become rare for me to spend more than an hour without once looking at the pixelated information placed on my phone’s screen. Even if only to briefly look at my Twitter mentions. BUT (that’s an all-caps “but,” people, so you better sit down and listen up) the increase in cell phone content consumption is not the point of my writing. The point of this article is the growing correlation between art and social media”.
http://www.mtv.com/news/2733019/if-social-media-is-now-considered-art-then-i-am-an-artist-and-so-are-you/
