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What is the result of a programmer's work? (lemmy.ml)

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[-] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 28 points 2 days ago

One day I was thinking of Andy Warhol's film "Empire", which is basically one continuous 8 hour shot of the Empire State Building.

I thought it'd be cool to make a similar art film about your average programmer's work day. 8 hour shot of a programmer staring at the screen intensely, drinking coffee, scrolling through the code, and occasionally muttering "why the fuck doesn't this work?"

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

I worked from home for a few years. The Pornhub sessions would need to be edited out.

[-] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 4 points 2 days ago

ooooooohhhh... so that's the point of "Empire" ? showing the stark immobility of the nevralgic/symbolic center of Earth's most powerful military empire ?

I never saw the film, tbh. Maybe it would have stricken me

[-] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 10 points 2 days ago

Well it's an art film. The purpose of art is to evoke emotions, to inspire dialogue. Yours is one possible interpretation. Ultimately, who's to say it's not valid?

[-] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 10 points 2 days ago

That's quite non-committal... of course art is supposed to evoke emotions... but that's not getting me anywhere I wasn't already... I was asking about the artist's intent

[-] IzzyJ@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

You have stumbled into an art-philosophy debate that's centuries old and will never end.

[-] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 2 points 1 day ago

No I mean specifically this artwork, this author, not art in general. Am a professional artist myself so I have some notion what this debate entails, but I was curious about the specifics of this film