Hi Lorenzo and others,
Debating origami and art seems to be as common as discussing origami and
copyright. Why doesn’t origami get the respect that some people think it
deserves? Why are origami books in the crafts section of a bookshop or library?
And so on.
Here are three CfC talks that are relevant:
Lee Armstrong’s talk, Why your origami is NOT ART - and why it IS
https://cfcorigami.com/sites/default/files/2024-06/Lee%20Armstrong%20CFC%20why%20your%20origami%20etc.pptx_.pdf
I developed some of Lee’s themes in my talk, What Kind of Art is Origami?
https://cfcorigami.com/sites/default/files/2025-05/04%20TungKenLamCfCWhatKindOfArtIsOrigami015.pdf).
The world of ‘MathArt’ also has a similar relationship with the globalised
elite artworld.
Nicolas Terry took a refreshingly different approach in his talk, The Art in
Origami: Beyond Intellectual Debates
https://cfcorigami.com/sites/default/files/2025-05/11%20The%20Art%20in%20Origami%20Beyond%20Intellectual%20Debates%20%281%29.pdf).
Videos for the first talk are at
https://cfcorigami.com/convention/cfc4-colchester ; the second and third talks
are at https://cfcorigami.com/convention/cfc5-hanoi
I think origami can (and should) be its own thing, like photography should be
its own thing:
‘Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk
alone; it has to be itself.’ Berenice Abbott (1898–1991)
Regards,Tung Ken
On Tuesday, 26 August 2025, 20:47:06 GMT+1, Lorenzo via Origami
<[email protected]> wrote:
...> Contemporary man is increasingly less humble and more pretentious, and
realizing that origami doesn't mean much to other people... can be hurtful.
> If we "spoil" ourselves by thinking of ourselves as artists or frequenters of
> an artistic context... in my opinion we are not doing any good to ourselves
> and to origami.
Regards,Lorenzo
--
Lorenzo LucioniDuesseldorf - [email protected]
