Discussions in Navigating Genre as Art Creators and Consumers

LV14 Panel Series presents Discussions in Navigating Genre as Art Creators and Consumers at The Alt Hotel (Cyan Room).

4PM / FREE / All Ages

Panelists: Kyle Cunjak, Martyn Bootyspoon, Tashiina Buswa, & Waub Rice

Record shops and bookstores have long existed with a layout where bins and shelves of products are organized into multiple genre-centric categories. Today, a digital hyper-layout of thousands of algorithmically-curated playlists are readily accessible across streaming platforms. When artists create and release content, there may be a pressure to have something to say when someone asks “how do you describe your work?” “which genres do you draw from?”. In an age where outside sources have begun to play more substantial roles in categorizing art, are the notions of autonomy and identity through genre being changed and challenged? And what does genre even mean? This talk aims to shed light on these types of questions and…