Camp (style)
"Campy" redirects here. For other uses, see Campy (disambiguation). Singer, actress and comedian Bette Midler is known for her camp stage shows and film characters. Camp is an aesthetic style and sensibility that regards something as appealing because of its bad taste and ironic value. [1] Camp aesthetics disrupt many of modernism's notions of what art is and what can be classified as high art by inverting aesthetic attributes such as beauty, value, and taste through an invitation of a different kind of apprehension and consumption. [2] Camp can also be a social practice. For many it is considered a style and performance identity for several types of entertainment including film, cabaret, and pantomime. [3] Where high art necessarily incorporates beauty and value, camp necessarily needs to be lively, audacious and dynamic. "Camp aesthetics delights in impertinence." Camp opposes satisfaction and seeks to challenge. [2] Camp art is related to—and often confuse...