Alon vs. Tate Modern

I finally made it! Tate Modern!

One museum has placed many obstacles in my way until I finally got here. This would be my third time in London, my first time in Tate Modern. I walked through the front doors and made my way towards the first floor. The museum is divided into a few floors, 2 of which are year round exhibits and one is a visiting exhibit. I didn't have time for the visiting exhibit (or the money) so I walked around the free parts of the museum. Not bad… P

ersonally the Modern Art Museum in Barcelona is one of my favorites, but this one ain't bad either.

Now there is one more Artist who made an apperence. Wei Wei is a Chinese Artist who created this MAJOR attraction in the bottom floor of the museum. This guy really likes Sunflower seeds! (Wei Wei at Tate) His exhibit includes a

perfect 90 degree rectangle of, I must guess, 9,032,378,654,345 sun flower seeds (give or take a few million), a film explaining the importance of sunflower seeds in our society and surrounding (origin of G/D, Hope of mankind, etc… I guess Afula is a actually a huge philosophical center), and a video recorder room.

This last room was pretty

interesting. 6 or 8 screens are planted on the walls to allow guests to approach individually. After pressing start, a short clip of the fat asian man begins "Hello, I

am Wei Wei. How is your day?" After answering him outloud, I realize this isn't where I'm supposed to interact… is it?. The screen shows me 2 options, Ask Wei Wei a question or Answer a question from Wei Wei.

This fork in the road really had me by the balls. It reminded me of a comment I heard from a 16-year old girl earlier that comes to almost everyone's mind at one point or another, That's Art? Who the Fuck is this Wei Wei? What the fuck would I want to ask him? And what is does he want to ask me? I don't want to record my self for the guy who bought 10,000 British Pounds worth of Sunflower seeds from the local vender and spilled it all over the floor.

But then it hit me! To answer that 16-year old girl's question I would like to open this forum for discussion. What makes Art….Art? Are random paint strokes really worth my time? Is an infinite amount of some ite

m worth an emotional expression? I think so! Nothing is done for no reason (Not to mention that no one pays for nothing). To be a great artist, you must have one very important element to Human success…. Rhetoric! The power of communication makes the difference between cow shit and manure, Red liquids and blood, trees and cabins. In order to see something right, we must place it in perspective. A true artist can take a standard 2.0 pencil. Place it in any position or location at random and tell us why its Art.

What do you think?