Hans, Miranda, You might refer to the opportunity for the author to submit its work anonymously, which is surely fair and which is much different than something decided as general rule for the competition.
Furthermore, there's a big misunderstanding about "bias": when I judge an artifact I like to do that in a certain context, and the context includes (among some aspects) the identity of the creator. This does not definitely lead to a bias, this lead to a better understanding of the genesis of the piece I'm going to vote. In my opinion, if anyone thinks to be able to assign a fair "vote" without contextualising with the author identity and background, well to me it's at least naive. Voting for an artifact is not like voting for the better colour for the façade of a public building. Does anyone of you like contemporary art and visit fairs, exhibitions, galleries and so on? I can assure you can find a "pole stuck in the ground" and quoted hundreds thousands dollars, because it comes from a whole artistic path of the artist. And it's not just "because the market". In other word, if you think you can "detach" a piece of art from its creator, and still be able to judge it, well... to me you have no any idea of what art is. Lorenzo On Sun, 20 Aug 2023, 23:07 Papirfoldning.dk, <h...@papirfoldning.dk> wrote: > > On 20 Aug 2023, at 22.26, Mizu-randa <mizu.ra...@free.fr> wrote: > > > > *From:* Lorenzo via Origami <origami@lists.digitalorigami.com> > *Sent:* 20 August, 2023 21:50 > Have you ever seen an artistic competition where you, voters, didn't know > anything about the author? > > > it’s not uncommon for a competition (especially artistic) to be under > motto or pseudonym. > > Yes, that is common. > Just search for: art competition "anonymous" > and you will see plenty of anonymous cases and considerations regarding > securing a more fair competition, including avoiding conflicts of interest, > discrimination towards genders or minorities, etc. (in a huge number of > results is due to information in cookies being "anonymous", but even > excluding those there are plenty). > > These considerations are rooted in real issues, and pending your goals and > circumstances may be well founded. > > Historically, specifically authors have used pseudonyms (i.e. being > anonymous) to avoid being unfairly treated, not the least women, but also > men for various reasons. > > Regards, > Hans > > Hans Dybkjær > http://papirfoldning.dk > Society: http://foldning.dk > >
