My girlfriend's art teacher said video games are not art. Do you agree?

[Rogerioandrade]

Rafux said:

Rogerioandrade said:
Videogames are not essentially art. They are basically just games, challenges for the player, they´re closer to board games in their essence than to art itself. But videogames are a form of entertainment that uses art to be produced, be it visual arts, music or interpretation.

Yes! Finally someone who gets it, the rest are just bashing the art teacher.

While this is (and will always be) a very controversial issue, there´s something really annoying here . Many  people are saying that art is subjective, but at the same time are bashing the teacher.

Well.. if art is really subjective, its up to anyone to decide if videogames are or aren´t art and she has her personal point of view. There´s no point in bashing her or making  such a fuss about the issue.  I myself go with most of the developers and don´t consider videogames art, but some people do.  Good for them if they say so, but most arguments always fall on the subjective interpretation of art.

Maybe it´s still to early to say. Movies took a long time before they were considered art. Probably videogames will face the same path