Over the 21-25 February, designers, artists, musicians, architects, jewelers and other creatives converged on Cape Town to attend the annual Design Indaba. The Design Indaba now in its 10th year has grown into an international event on the design calendar.
The Design Indaba comprises of two parts: firstly a conference of 3 days where there are talks by both international and South African designers, and then there is an expo open to the public where South African designers showcase their work. The conference ticket was way above my student budget, but by continual persistence and asking very kindly, I was allowed to attend the last afternoon session gratis.
In the afternoon slot Brian Eno (pictured above) spoke. Eno is a renowned artist, musician and music producer. Eno, in his talk, posed the question 'What is art for?'. In part, he answered the question by providing a definition of art: 'Art is everything we don't have to do'. By that definition, we have to wear clothes, but we don't have to wear tailored suits; we have to eat, but we don't have to dine on gourmet cuisine; we might need to own a car, but we don't need to drive an Aston Martin and so on.
Since the conference I have been thinking how wine fits into that definition 'art is everything we don't have to do'. My thoughts concluded this past Sunday- a languid afternoon, the sun gently warming the skin, enjoying a good bottle of wine with friends, time lilting by: wine is art.
I charge you with the challenge of considering for yourself: 'is wine art?'.
SB
Note that the picture is courtesy of Artist Direct.
2 comments:
Yes I consider wine to be a true art form, you only have to look at how fine art is portrayed and perceived in different ways from person to person. The same can be said for wine, each palatte is different but the combination of subtle foods marryed with carefully chosen wines can truly appeal to all who are looking to have their senses challenged. Not dissimilar from artwork really.
Couldn't agree with you more. SB
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