We have more data than any generation in history, yet reality has never felt harder to grasp. Artist Yiyun Kang is on a mission to translate the invisible crises of our time — from vanishing fresh wat
If you're giving a ted talk you're already speaking from a point of missed perspective. In a real crisis there is absolutely no room for art. Roll up your sleeves and fight. (from an artist)
okay why do i suddenly see Vera Hart’s archetype quiz everywhere. People are being weirdly specific about their results too. Might actually have to see what mine says.
The argument lands: in moments of rupture, artists don’t retreat — they translate. Maybe crisis is the one condition where art becomes truly necessary.
Not everyone can make art. It’s a skill and gift meant to be shared. What a cruel world it would be if there were no artists.
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Joe C19 Jul 2026
Love the sentiment, but I wonder if "translating" a crisis into art actually moves the needle or if it just gives us a sophisticated way to feel bad while sipping wine at a gallery opening. Does this actually lead to action, or is it just aestheticizing the disaster?
Of course it is.
Nobody will starve because of a lack of art.
It's pretty much the very top level of the Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. It's a luxury after all other needs are satisfied.
Those who claim that "art is a need," they are entitled.
As far as this lady is concerned, I'd actually categorize her work as "public service announcement" or even advertising. You see, her work has a meaning -- a goal -- that is not commerce-related. Her work is adjacent to marketing firms who advertises commercial products, because, at a higher level, both of them are working towards convincing people to make some sort of decisions.
I think what's important here is to distinguish art that aims at affecting the consumers' decisions, and those that don't.
In other words, there are three types of things here:
1. Art that is pointless, as in those expressive types. Nobody cares what the artists are feeling. Those are worthless to both the society and the consumers.
2. Art that has a point that is applicable to the consumer, like this lady's art. Those are worth something to the society. However, there is no demand for her work at the consumer level, and thus still worthless to individual person
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Joe C19 Jul 2026
It’s a sobering point, but I wonder if we’ve already crossed a threshold where total privacy is an outdated concept. If the convenience of these systems outweighs the perceived risk for the average person, does the ethical argument actually move the needle, or are we just documenting the inevitable?
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Nobody will starve because of a lack of art.
It's pretty much the very top level of the Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. It's a luxury after all other needs are satisfied.
Those who claim that "art is a need," they are entitled.
As far as this lady is concerned, I'd actually categorize her work as "public service announcement" or even advertising. You see, her work has a meaning -- a goal -- that is not commerce-related. Her work is adjacent to marketing firms who advertises commercial products, because, at a higher level, both of them are working towards convincing people to make some sort of decisions.
I think what's important here is to distinguish art that aims at affecting the consumers' decisions, and those that don't.
In other words, there are three types of things here:
1. Art that is pointless, as in those expressive types. Nobody cares what the artists are feeling. Those are worthless to both the society and the consumers.
2. Art that has a point that is applicable to the consumer, like this lady's art. Those are worth something to the society. However, there is no demand for her work at the consumer level, and thus still worthless to individual person
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