class three : : Is it Art?

In an attempt to provoke discussion on the question, "Is it Art?", the following short videos are proposed...

• Shadow Puppets
• Invisible Drum Kit
• Body Painting
• Amazing Beatbox
• Rube Glodberg mechanics
  
• Cutting Edge Magic
• Daft Hands
• Polaroid Stop Motion
• Kenetic Sculptures

The questions to consider when watching each piece are:

1. Would you consider this display, a form of art? - why or why not?
   
2. Would you consider this person, an artist? - why or why not?
3. Which of these qualities were displayed in the process of creation:

• Pure skill
• Talent
• Divine or genetic province
• Intelligence
• Passion
  
• Boredom
• Other...