Vancouver Art Show

The dictionary defines art as the product of a skill to create, a definition implying the importance of human skill over that of nature. To my thinking, art is not so much found in the “greatness” of creation; rather, it is a testament to our power to define. In the four sections of the film, two are defined as “art” and are accessible as such. The opening title acts as a prologue for the first section, which is an example of abstract expressionism. The definition of art, combined with the voice of a tour guide, similarly strengthens the reception of the third section as “art.” The lack of definition given to the second and fourth sections prevents them from being readily accepted as such. As all the sections were created randomly, the confusion created by their juxtaposition seeks to foreground the power of definition, and hence recognition, in the world of art.