The example I choose from the article written by Ted Gioia is “Web users obsessively scroll through images online but….> Art museum attendance is down, especially at large premier institutions.” I choose to look at this comparison and result in society because it’s the one that saddens me the most. I think it’s interesting to look at how and why this happens. Many years ago we were introduced to the world of social media. Since it started it has flourished into many different realms of creativity, inspiration and entertainment. You can go online and look at countless pictures of art from paintings to fashion to displays and more. There’s many platforms on which you can view this stuff like google, tik tok, instagram and pintrest for example. I do think that it is a good thing that individual artists can now share their creativity with the world without needing many resources. It is positive that any person, even just a young adult from home can share their passion with others. On the other hand it saddens me to think that because this is so easy and accessible viewing for people in our generation and society, we haven’t experienced art in real form at museums and galleries. While it is good that young people are viewing art in general online or in person, there is still something so special about being at a museum and seeing how the art affects you in person. I mean when I think about it, one of my greatest memories of all time was my mom taking me to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City every year for my birthday. I have such vivid memories of seeing all the displays (my favorite always being the fashion department). I can still feel the way I was in complete awe and disbelief at how unique and exciting some of the pieces were. It was also the experience of it that was so magical and something you can’t fully absorb online. You were able to interact with other humans and see and hear other people’s thoughts or reactions to what they were viewing. I understand that the reason we see this correlation between online searching and art museum attendance is because of accessibility and practicality but I also think it has something to do with human attention span. The designers of these social media platforms know that humans can’t be entertained while being focused on one thing at a time for too long. They used this to create addictive apps that make it so you can just keep scrolling and stay entertained. Because of this, I think that people don’t want to commit their time to go to a museum because that’s one place of focus and effort. I think this should change though because museums are full of different art pieces that are all separate from one another and if you really gave it a little time I feel that everyone would find peace and entertainment in it.
i wrote about this same one, and i agree with all the points you made 🙂 i like how you mentioned that this new generation is mainly experiencing art on their phones, i think about this a lot as well. I also like all the points you made regarding how different it feels to go see artworks in person instead of on your phones.
I also wrote about this, and I also mentioned the impact social media has had on attendance. I also talked about how yes you can see art online but it is not the same as being in a museum, it is the experience of physically being there that makes it special. I agree with your point about people having short attention spans making them want to stay in.