The Importance of Conscious Design in Art

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I think like any artist who's good is not going to be like, have everything fully consciously intended of value in their work. And there are just all kinds of interesting cases for artists where you have happy accidents that were unintended but then the artist kind of runs with it. You know, some people thought he figured it out. This is what Twin Peaks is. Other people were so offended, A, by the idea that you could even do. With something like Twin Peaks. But damn did that guy have some shit in there that was pretty impressive.

What’s the meaning of a work of art? Does the text mean just what the author intends it to mean? Does it matter what Kubrick and Arthur C. Clark thinks about the end of 2001? Or is the artist’s interpretation just one interpretation among many once the text is out in the world? We explore the question of authorial intent, and brace yourselves - this is just about as postmodern as David gets.

Plus – do we have what it takes to get an invite to the thought criminals club?

Links

The Party is Canceled [newyorker.com]

Was I Wrong About The Irishman? by Thomas Flight [youtube.com]

Authorial Intent [wikipedia.org]