What the songs look like

artists

atomic

antennae

able

Well . . . How did I get here?

 Leake Street, Waterloo

Into the blue again

David De Brito, Leake Street, Waterloo

Look where my hand was

David De Brito, Leake Street, Waterloo

Under the rocks and stones

 David De Brito, Shoreditch

After the money's gone

 David De Brito, Shoreditch

Time isn't holding up

David De Brito, Spitalfields

and you may say to yourself . . .

David De Brito, Shoreditch

Time isn't after us

Nando Mambo vs David De Brito, Shoreditch

Let the water hold me down

Nando Mambo, Shoreditch

Same as it ever was

Once in a lifetime, David Byrne

infographics

After much Deep Thought about the nature and meaning of Art thenewcornpoppy came up with the following explanation.

There are those who say that everything we do is art.  No, everything we do is life.  Some people may think harder about everything they do and do their best to live their life in an artful way.  David Byrne as an art student proposed a conceptual piece whereby he would live his life as a computer programmer and only he would know that in fact he was a conceptual artist playing the part of a computer programme in a lifetime long piece of performance art. It is possible that David Byrne is a conceptual artist performing a lifetime piece in the character of a dilettante rock star, author, cyclist and Friend of Eno.   But no, I don't buy into everything we do is art.

There needs to be some technique, some talent.  And there needs to be some inspiration, some ideas.  Art has to say something.  (Just to be clear, David Byrne says a lot.)

Therefore,  Art = technique and ideas or talent and inspiration.  a = t and i.  But that isn't all.  There is a difference between a finely crafted chair, blanket or car and something that is a piece of art.  The crucial difference is utility.  Art must be useless.   Art = Talent x Inspiration divided by Utility

I've been burned more than once by a slickly rendered diagram   

Introduction to The Best American Infographics 2013, David Byrne, 2013

 

we're living on nuts and berries

Animals think, they're pretty smart

Animals think, they understand

Animals don't even know what a joke is

Animals, David Byrne, 1979

Animals, Durrell Zoo, Jersey, 2013

Get ready for the future

In the future there will be so much going on
That no-one will be able to keep up

David Byrne, In the Future, The Knee Plays, 1985

I want the future now
I want to hold it in my hands
. . .

 

I want the future now
I'm young, and it's my right.
I want a reason to be proud.
I want to see the light.
I want the future now,
I want to see it on the screen,
I want to break the bounds:
make life worth more than dreams

Peter Hammill, The Future Now, 1978

Get ready for the future

It is murder

Things are going to slide

Leonard Cohen, The Future, 1992