In true microblogging style, I’ll try and answer the question in under 140 characters. It was posed by the BBC as a precursor to the new Culture Show series.

“Culture is something wholly unproductive that we get enjoyment from”

“Culture is making something in your bedroom, and putting it on Youtube”

“Culture is going to museums”

“Culture is the last great British export”

“Culture is having a wee, and not leaving the toilet seat up”

“Culture is saying please and thank you”

“Culture is encountering the unexpected”

“Culture is something understood amongst equals”

“Culture is elitism”

“Culture is what feeds the soul”

I tend to think about this kind of thing when I get back into my art work, and I always come to the conclusion that there is no single definition of what makes art or culture, and that’s what makes it so interesting. As long as it involves imagination, then that’s all that matters.

Doing this reminds me of an excellent short animated film that I saw at last years RCA summer show. It has only recently become available online (shock, horror!) and its called Procrastination. Check it out, its truly fabulous: