Truly, the direction that I think art is going in is one of
more collaboration. Let’s be honest, egos are horrible, as are group projects.
There are hurdles to overcome with this, but I think that it’s possible, and
would be very groundbreaking.
First of all, it’s obvious: we have all got an enormous ego.
Most of us probably pretend that we don’t, but do anyways on the inside. But
literally what is the point of this? Much better things are made when everyone
is thinking less of themselves and more of the final product. In that case, it
is beyond time to quit thinking of ourselves exclusively, and think more about
the world we live in. The goal is not to reach a point where you never say “I”
or “me,” the goal is to realize that it doesn’t matter whether you use first
person singular or plural pronouns (“we”).
Here’s the problem though, nearly everything we do is built
on our ego. Every project, every purchase, nearly every action. We live in a
world built on ourselves and the individual. I’m not saying completely
eliminate that, but it makes it much harder to work together when everyone is
so used to everything revolving around themselves. Are we capable of
dismantling this? At all?
Personally I think so. Postmodern art revolves around the
fact that there are no unique ideas or experiences, so give it up. Everything
has been thought of before, so stop trying to come up with something entirely
new. Instead, come up with a way to portray something differently. This gets
rid of the ego aspect, since there is no original content involved, it is only
a reinterpretation.
I think we can take this a step further, and eliminate the
ego entirely. Let’s start working as a collective on projects, no one person
gets any credit for anything. Sure you have to find the right people who are
entirely on board with this, but you could make some absolutely amazing works
with this mentality. Let’s give it a shot.
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