Tout le monde pense pouvoir répondre à cette question. Pourtant, chacun d’entre nous apporterait sans doute une réponse différente si la question lui était effectivement posée.
Car la réponse relève peut-être davantage de la subjectivité que de l’universel. A tout le moins, c’est l’avis de votre serviteur, sûrement pas l’avis de notre interviewée du jour.
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Apr 15
La vie privée, peau de chagrin de l'ère numérique
Un sujet donné à l’occasion de grands oraux de l’ENM et du CRFPA l’année dernière. La vie privée est une notion évolutive, que l’on croit connaitre et pourtant incertaine à bien des égards. Traditionnellement, la vie privée visait l’intime, un espace que l’on partageait avec parc ... Show More
29 m
Mar 2023
What Does it Mean to be an Artist? [198]
This week, we're discussing what it means to be an artist. Renowned music producer Rick Rubin has written a book in which he argues that the artist is a conduit for creativity comes from source energy. Therefore, he says, the artist’s job is to open themselves up as much as possi ... Show More
58m 3s
Oct 2021
Alana Jelinek, "Between Discipline and a Hard Place: The Value of Contemporary Art" (Bloomsbury, 2020)
Some fields have an easier time describing themselves than others. "History is the study of past events." "Biology is the study of living organisms." But art? Is art a discipline? Is it a practice? Who gets to answer this most fundamental of questions, and why do we prefer not to ... Show More
57m 14s
Apr 2022
What psychology has to say about art, with Ellen Winner, PhD
Art is universal – there has never been a human society without it. But we don’t always agree on what makes for good art, or even what makes something art at all. Ellen Winner, PhD, of Boston College, talks about how psychology can help answer the question “What is art?” why even ... Show More
42m 17s