Entertainment is a leisure activity consisting of an event and an audience that views the event and participates. This participation can be subtle, as in Theatres: Film, Opera or stageshows, or Orchestral symphony concerts wherein the applause due the performance or performing artists would be bad manners. In contrast, the sports entertainment industry feeds off audience participation— who can imagine the strange event attending a pro-wrestling bout, basketball or baseball game without cheering or booing the participants would experentially being happy.
The industry that provides entertainment is called the entertainment industry, and one distinction between what is meant by the term is the voluntary participation of the party being entertained, which may be passive (Opera) or active (Frantic shoot-em-up computer games) and the whole gamut of industry supported diversions in between (Baseball, Concerts, Football, Books, Television, film , striptease, and events like Karaoke).
Recreation, play, reading, and art appreciation may in some instances be confused with entertainment, but the difference is elementary—entertainments take two or more— even if one of the participants is a programmer for the obsolescent Amiga computer system who now happens to be deceased. Without the 'performance' of the artist and the participation of the viewer the event would and could not occur.
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Iraqi Art - Presents Iraqi artists and their work: song lyrics, poetry, and other exhibits. Greeting cards, screen savers and music can be downloaded. Parts of the site are in Arabic.
Meta Description: [ A comprehensive iraqi art site, where you can find, iraqi artists, iraqi songs, iraqi music, iraqi poetry and song lyrics ]
Iraqi Art and Literature Around the World - Online-presentation of the works of Iraqi artists, as shown in an exhibition at Grinnell College in spring 2002.
Saad Alani - An online gallery of this Iraqi painter and sculptor's work.
Meta Description: [ Art is not luxury, it is the human language elevated into all languages.It is a silent language that every human can hear and understand. ]
Strokes of Genius - Promotes a touring exhibition of contemporary Iraqi Art, with tour schedule, a possibility to order the publication, and a gallery of exhibits.
Meta Description: [ Strokes of Genius is a major touring exhibition that is meant to serve as a valuable source of reference for those seeking current information about contemporary Iraqi art. ]
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