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 Thursday, January 08, 2009
Art created by focus groups
In last weekend's "This American Life" (a repeat from the late '90s), there was a hilarious segment on these two guys who hired a polling firm to determine what makes people like art.
Using the data, they painted what people want. It turned out to be a landscape, with a mountain and a lake, and deer, and a family, and George Washington.
As such:



They also created most liked and least liked paintings for each country, and the most wanted and least wanted songs. The most wanted song is bland and schmalzy, but the least wanted song is charming! It includes all the elements people said they hated in music: opera, rap, children's choirs, songs about holidays, songs about cowboys, accordions, bagpipes and tubas.

Click here to listen to the whole podcast of "This American Life" for free.

By Grace Dobush | Free Stuff | Random Thoughts
1/8/2009 2:47:27 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #  Comments [3] 
1/9/2009 9:01:35 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
To compare some of the paintings, here's a link: http://www.diacenter.org/km/painting.html . Notice the worldwide preference for blue in landscapes. I wonder what happened in Holland.
Nita Leland |nitaAT NOSPAMnitaleland dot com
1/9/2009 9:13:33 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
The researchers posited that because the Dutch are surrounded by beautiful paintings and landscapes every day, they prefer abstract art. (Or maybe Piet Mondrian is to blame?)
Grace |grace dot dobushAT NOSPAMfwmedia dot com
1/9/2009 11:17:16 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
The least wanted anything often is the most charming.
Tina Steele Lindsey
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