Art should provoke

Yes you read the title correctly, provoke.
Ive given many examples through out this semester/blog of provoking art such as the 25k newstand etc
Im creating this particular post to recap on the whole technology is our tool, we should use it, but on what? what is art? what do you consider art? what do you enjoy as art?

we all laugh at landscapes stuck in the 19th century, yes they are great artist but they are nothing to do with us, they are just representations at this point.
Our art work should not be landscapes, they should stimulate and provoke.
And i have been saving this one video as a perfect example since it genuinely was the first thing to scare me in a very long time.
and when i say scare i dont mean its a horror, i mean it makes you question everything,and appreciate everything at the same time.

Art is to move you.

Introducing the passing....
I couldnt fin a link, but to simplify it for you all, its short movie.
the screen split into three, three movies play at once.
to the left, the artists baby being born
in the centre a man drowning, properly drowning under water
and to the right, the artists mothers last moments and her death.

yes already strange isnt it, not add an unimaginable noise, throughout you dont know if its the mother dying or the baby being born, and a man drowning, its amazing how all those noises sounds the same, especially as you sit in a state of shock at this real life emtotional moments.

can you imagine a drowning human but not being able to do anything? a baby being born, a glorious everyday miracle, but a brutal looking one none the less, emotional overload, and then to add to this heap of emotion, a very real death bed of a beloved elderly mother.
The creationa dn passing of human life is clearly represented in this piece of art.

The overly all message was blunt.
we live.....we die..... we drown in between.

Its harsh, its blunt, its truth, which makes it even harder.

This kind of art is what i consider provoking, it provoked every sense i have in me.
anger
disgust
shock
horror
helplessness
love
wonder
sadness

can you think of anything else that can provoke you to those lengths? i certainly cant. this from now on is my basis of great art.
forget the landscapes, forget the selfies, this is art. and it provoked me.

Claire