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On this game show, two artists of any type (sculptors
painters, thespians, or musicians, just to a few) are
pitted
against each other to see who can produce the best work
over the course of two days. The nature of this work is
determined by the spinning of two large wheels of
chance,
each
containing a plethora of artistic styles specific to
the
two artists' discipline. The two resulting styles are
combined into the style of a work which the artists much
produce.
For example, if the wheels landed
on "dada" and "futurism", two competing artists might
have
to create a work of "futuristic dada". Competing actors
would have to improvise monologues ranging from
"iambic
pantomime" to "tragic vaudeville", and musicians would
have to compose songs ranging from "big band death
metal" to "gregorian dub". At this time, a studio audience
is
allowed to vote to pass over a randomly generated
combination if it isn't suitably ridiculous. After two days
of
filmed work, a panel of knowledgeable judges chooses a
winner whose work is better and more original, a
seamless
fusion of two styles.
Home on the Range in the style of Brahms
http://www.youtube....=bf_play&playnext=1
Dr Richard Grayson [csea, Nov 07 2010]
[link]
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This is like an inverse of the Tlön-Uqbar school of literary
criticism, in which two works chosen at random are assumed
to have been created by the same artist, whose (remarkably
eclectic) oeuvre is then critiqued. |
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The idea itself is fascinating [+] but hard to implement,
because it requires a supply of artists with an exceptionally
high level of a particular talent. |
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Who don't mind being subject to inane rules and
regulations that expose them to mainstream media. Also,
assumes audiences care about art history, which I
presume is presumptuous. |
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//inane rules and regulations// enhance creativity in some
artists -- so much so that they'll seek them out. Sonnets are
the usual example here. |
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And aversion to exposure in the
mainstream media is unlikely to exclude *all* artists. (That's
litotes, for those of you keeping score at home.) |
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Inane rules are the basis of all reality television--and if this is
shown on a niche art channel, it could avoid overly
"mainstream"
exposure and ensures an at least marginally more artistically
inclined audience. |
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[ ] you've pretty well described (an admittedly extreme example of) what a session musician does. |
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Aha! But, unlike most sessions, this is a televised competition. |
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Sounds like how I halfbake. |
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One of my college profs does a yearly concert featuring a theme and a style chosen by the audience.
To my delight, many of these have been placed on YouTube. [link] |
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That game (song X in the style of Y) was a regular on “Have I Got News For You” |
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This idea is rather more subtle by giving the artists complete freedom within the bounds of a compound genre. |
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//That game (song X in the style of Y) was a regular on “Have
I Got News For You” // |
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Ah, no. Are you thinking of "I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue" (in
which contestants were asked to sing one song to the tune
of another) on the
wireless? Or perhaps "Whose Line Is It Anyway" (in which
contestants had to improvise a song in a specified style) on
TV? I can't see Iain Hislop breaking into song. |
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//one song to the tune of another// Wait, what? I didn't
understand that. |
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//Ah, no. Are you thinking of "I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue"// Indeed I am, my sincere apologies for misleading the house. |
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////one song to the tune of another// Wait, what? I
didn't understand that.// |
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I'm not entirely sure I got that either, [mouse]. I think
the idea is to take lyrics from a well-known song and
sing them to the melody from another. If I that's
correct, it sounds like fun. |
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[Boomershine] Sorry, the reference was oversubtle: See the
Wikipedia entry for "One song ... another" specifically the
paragraph beginning "Additional humour is derived..." |
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[mouse] I should have known you really didn't need
me to explain any part of a British radio show. We
have American versions of a number of British shows,
but I've never seen that one here. |
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Still, sometimes one (often me) misses the obvious. I
hate being that person, and was hoping to rescue
you. Silly me. |
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I've never seen any radio show, [Boomershine], except once I was in the audience for “Any Questions?” when it was broadcast from my school. |
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//I've never seen any radio show, [Boomershine]// |
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Must be something wrong with the video on your
radio. Give it a smack on the left side. |
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//artistic styles specific to the two artists' discipline// |
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I see no reason to limit ourselves. Abstract impressionism inspired by death metal (or vice versa) might be interesting. |
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