r/cringereels • u/Cultural_Fall_3255 • 1d ago

Fluid Art, a contemporary art

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u/13thgeneral 1d ago

Speaking as someone that actually went to an art college and understands the mindset of many types of "artists", these kinds of performative displays are done by people who would rather do this than actually be productive and produce something people actually want or need. They get to pretend they're intellectual and cultured, and the people watching get to pretend along with them.

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u/AwwHeeelllNaaah 1d ago

I'm curious, do they tend to be smart or pretty average?

This particular "art" seems so pointless. It evokes nothing but slight disgust.

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u/Corporate_Bricktator 1d ago

They're the kids who enroll in art programs and then realize they can't hack it. Those without any natural talent or drive end up cosplaying as "artists" like this.

Many of them didn't really go to real high schools either, but instead attended private "arts high schools" so they get to college and are especially out of touch.

My favorite thing about this video is that it's angled and off center, because the person filming it knows that everyone knows this is so ridiculous, and that therefore, any attempt to record it would embarrass the artist. Thus, they'd all frown on such an attempt to embarrass her, than the person holding the phone has to go out of their way to not let anyone know they're filming.

I dated a girl in college who was one of these failed artists, and so I got to know a lot of her friends in a program like this.

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u/TSAOutreachTeam 1d ago

There is a huge market for graphics designers out there. If you have some artistic skill and knowledge that you've built over years of schooling but hardly any innate talent, there's still a need for people to make icons and buttons and backgrounds and logos, and those jobs can pay well.

Those jobs aren't as fun as writhing around on that weird Japanese AV massage slime, though.

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u/Present_Astronaut_66 1d ago

Those jobs do not pay well and they are disappearing.

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u/Shogunnago 1d ago

Uh AI is basically killing that idea yo. You’re a little behind.

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u/zeptillian 1d ago

Not any more.