Art and Narratives

Art and Narratives
It is not a stretch to say that Narratives make their way into art. I really liked the quote, “story telling is a powerful engine for human expression”. Story telling is so deeply rooted into our culture from millennium ago until today with the use of film, novels, and other art forms. It is a great means of communication one that is one of the oldest ways of record keeping. I was surprised at the briefness of this chapter.
I don’t think the chapter fully explored the means of storytelling in a diverse enough manner; it mainly being photographs and video projections with a few exceptions. I would have been nice to see more sculpture. Weavings, found objects, and many other traditional methods of storytelling were left out. Perhaps it is part of the times. Using the technology of the day and age is important in presenting an idea however I feel strongly that we shouldn’t lose touch with these previous and or more “primitive” means of narration.
I was taken by Barney’s 5 part movie series “Cremaster” I would like to see it, perhaps not in its 12 hour entirety but I like the idea of this alternate universe, one that uses music, mythology, and social issues without the use of dialog.
What is the next step in the story telling process? Where do we (as a class) seem to think the next technology to take over story telling?
Stories being a complicated mass symbols/containing symbols using metaphors and complex themes and plots, is it possible to say all art in some fashion tells at least on some level falls into the narrative category of art?