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123 What do you think the terms ‘high culture’ and ‘low culture’ mean? Discuss your ideas with a partner. You are going to listen to a conversation between the artist Antonia Morris and a radio presenter. Before you listen, read through the statements below and guess who says what. Put an A next to what Antonia says and an R next to what you think the reporter says. 1 … the tour received rave reviews … 2 … artists often have to fight against stereotypes … 3 … people’s ideas about artists changed through the tour … 4 … there is a division between high culture and popular culture … 5 … art is about exploration and experience … 6 … art doesn’t have to be expensive … 7 … money isn’t important for creating art … Now listen to the conversation. Were your guesses correct? Answer the questions below as well as you can before listening again to check and improve your answers. 1 What is Antonia’s profession? What else do you learn about her? 2 What was special about the tour? Describe it. 3 What is her idea of art? Expand your vocabulary: Art and culture The following expressions are taken from the conversation. Decide whether you can use them to talk about the tour (A), the picture of the artist in society (B), art (C), or art and money (D). Some expressions can be used more than once. LISTENING 2 a M p. 51 ‘High’ and ‘low’ culture b 21 c 3 LANGUAGE 4 Say what you think about each of the topics A–D in exercise 4 using as many expressions from the box as possible. Discuss the statement on the right with a partner. Do you agree? Why?/Why not? Who should decide what is high and what is low culture? Give reasons for your answer. SPEAKING 5 a “Art brings out the ‘poetry’ in everyone, and that can be through music, through painting or through language, and it doesn’t have to cost much.” b c Do you agree that art is important in our lives? Write a paragraph of around 100 words. WRITING 6 1 artistic endeavour 2 audience 3 classical music 4 commercial 5 crossover 6 division (between) 7 electronic amplification 8 entertainer 9 expensive 10 expression of 11 high culture 12 iconic 13 inspiration 14 instrument 15 to interpret 16 joint experience 17 journey of exploration 18 low culture 19 my inner self 20 painting 21 to participate in 22 to perform 23 performance 24 poetry 25 popular music 26 the public’s perception of artists 27 rave reviews 28 rehearsal 29 to sell out 30 stereotype of Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv