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Experimental art (Proposed rename “Contemporary music”) discussion from Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals

Description (summary)
Project Experimental art would work to improve all pages related to experimental art or artists. This could include concert and popular music, theory (music or visual), literature, dance, theater, film, visual arts, architecture, and performance art.
Description (longer version)
This is a Wikiproject focusing on everything relating to experimental (or avant-garde) in the arts. This project would cover a huge number of some of the most overlooked pages on Wikipedia. Articles like 20th century classical music which is littered with “citation needed” tags, Modernist poetry an article composed of only four sentences, List of atonal pieces which is actually a list of several modern composers, 20th century concert dance which is only a stub, and Experimental theatre which is tagged for “tone not be appropriate for Wikipedia.” The range of Project Modernist art would cover pages describing concepts, techniques or theory’s, art movements, people, works of art, and lists (of artists or works).


This project now has its own page. Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Contemporary music.


Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)
  1. S.dedalus 00:23, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
  2. Freshacconci 00:51, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
  3. Antandrus (talk) 04:13, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
  4. Wspencer11 (talk to me...) 16:26, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
  5. Doktor Who (talk · contribs) 11:40, 04 September 2007 (UTC)
  • How will we determine the time-period to consider as modernist? Freshacconci 00:51, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
I’m thinking that perhaps I should have named this Experimental art to be more specific. . . As for time period, modernism or avant-guard as a philosophy hasn’t been around all that long. Perhaps it would be sufficient simply to define it as any art which is currently considered to contain an experimental element. --S.dedalus 01:07, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
That’s true, I think Experimental art is a better name since this is really about all mediums (I was thinking Modernism. Modernist is wrong.). My way of looking at it is that this could be a subproject of Wikipedia:WikiProject Contemporary Art. Experimental and avant-guard art is a unique form of contemporary art because it is concerned with a philosophy of rejecting old traditions and experimenting with new methods, whereas there are many contemporary artists who focus exclusively on older ideas and styles. I also think there are enough problems with these pages that two projects would not be unnecessary. However, that’s what I’m gauging with this proposal. --S.dedalus 03:41, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
  • I'm sorry but I don't think I'm interested in this project. Modernist 05:05, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for looking it over though. :-) --S.dedalus 05:24, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
  • I think visual art is effectively covered and it would be better for this project to do the equivalent in music. Tyrenius 06:42, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
  • I agree with Tyrenius. I also will probably not be able to contribute much for a while...--Wspencer11 (talk to me...) 16:26, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
That’s fine by me. Is this consensus then? Wikiproject Contemporary music? --S.dedalus 19:15, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
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