Interview

For this part of the project, I interviewed my older brother, a lunch lady, and my friend's dad. I asked them the following questions: What are some things that people worry about nowadays? How have peoples' interests changed from the last century until now? Where do people look for inspiration? and when you look at a piece of art, what are some qualities about it that make it "good" or "bad?" The responses I got were more ranged and broad than I thought they'd be. For the most part, my interviewees said that people worry about money, their futures, family, children, education, success, and happiness. Since the last century, people's lifestyles have become much more digital, instant, fast-paced, and internet based. People's interests have generally stayed the same, what with celebrities, art, music, movies, entertainment, etc. People look to their family members, surroundings, environment, movies, art, dance, celebrities, heroes, etc. When talking about qualities, my interviewees said that it must look like that it took a lot of time, effort, and skill to complete the piece of art. Also, it must be visually appealing, ie. with colors, designs, shapes, etc. and it should be unique and not done before.
In response, to my interviewees' answers, I have found that most people enjoy art that is visually appealing, unique, and skillful. Therefore, technique, intrinsic aesthetic merit, and originality are very important to most people when judging or critiquing art. In response to my previous questions, I found that humans changed since the previous centuries, ie. lifestyle, interests, preoccupations. The way this relates to art is that people want more modern, innovative, fresh styles of art rather than bland, old, overused styles of art that we've all seen before. People want cutting edge, attractive, beautiful, sleek pieces of art that jump out at the viewers and grab their attention. 21st century humans want NOW not THEN.