The problem with ‘genre’
A critical analysis as a series of haikus
What genre is this?
Is it like their older work?
But will I like it?
Lists, charts and billboards
Comparative catalogues
Recommendations
Classification
Eradicates the artist
Controls the unknown
Escape the tension
Eliminate the questions
Evade the answers
A passive passer
Pigeonholing commitment
Proliferation
Freedom lies in chance
An unplanned discovery
Accidental Art
© James Layton 2020
A critical analysis as a series of haikus
What genre is this?
Is it like their older work?
But will I like it?
Lists, charts and billboards
Comparative catalogues
Recommendations
Classification
Eradicates the artist
Controls the unknown
Escape the tension
Eliminate the questions
Evade the answers
A passive passer
Pigeonholing commitment
Proliferation
Freedom lies in chance
An unplanned discovery
Accidental Art
© James Layton 2020