Interview

For my interviews with three people whom are stake-holders in our society, I questioned them by asking what their personal definition of art was and what things they believed have had a big impact on the media culture throughout the century. I first interviewed a student who defined art as being “Something produced by someone that they put some type of feeling into.” He also said that if something is labeled as art, the creator’s initial intent of his creation should be that he wanted people to think of it as art. I completely agree with this student’s statements. I cannot tell you how angry I get when people argue that a crumbled up piece of paper is art, rather than being a piece of garbage. Like my interviewee said, art should be something that someone has put feeling into. I can almost guarantee you no feeling was put into crumbling up a piece of paper. He answered the second question by saying that “our society would not be the same without internet, TV, and gossip magazines. They make our world go round.” Although I do not believe gossip magazines have been a huge impact on our society, I definitely think the other two have. The internet offers everyone a way to be connected to one and other while TV offers us entertainment and news from around the world (well the internet does too but whatever).


The next person I interviewed was a stake-holder in our society because they were a member of our community. They answered my first question by saying art was “a form of expression communicated through music, pictures, writing, acting, and anything else which requires creativity to excel in.” I agree with this answer because all of the things she listed were things I also believe to be art. They all require some form of creativity, and when I think about it, creativity really is the most important thing (to me) about art. The person responded to my next question by saying how much the internet has “changed our way of life.” They also said that people like Richard Prior have had a huge influence on the media culture because their open critical way of speaking let people express their opinions and views more. The last person I interviewed (a teacher at our school) had some very interesting responses to my questions. For my first question, they responded by simply saying “Life is art. If you think about it, everything, in a way, is creative and genuine.” I’m not so sure I agree with this statement, but it definitely caught my attention and gave me a new perspective on art. Their answer to my last question was similar to the other two. They believed the internet, TV, and newspapers had very large impacts on our media culture.