What is art and it’s limitation?
None of us knows more than the actual artist at work at the time they were expressing their art what their work means to them we can admire, promote, criticize objectively or hatefully but the truth remains within the definition of the word create.
The word create means to bring something into existence that in a sense suggests that the resulting product is new and the word creative becomes an adjective to content or expressed work of art we can chose what is art but we cannot outline what it is not based on elements that define Art.
We know this diverse range of human activity involves creative skills imagination and according to Wikipedia expressive of technical proficiency, I would say the beauty speaks to conceptualization and the freedom thereof to give emotional power to any piece of work.
ours is to appreciate or criticize what present before us because at the end of the day any artist has a raw Gift you develop with age of work, but your Gift is your identity, honestly an artist and the viewer don’t have to share the meaning and that is the reality of the distance between an artist and the audience, These are individuals with individual experiences, Their language will not inspire everyone but it doesn’t take away the impact their work will make on some.
The emotional power involved in art is activism in its own right you do not have to agree with my massage but this is my personal view and I speak out because it holds great importance to me with hope to share in my world.
My art lives and like all living things it evolves, do not suppress me only to inspire centuries ahead of my death, let us indulge in the limitless capacity of art work for it holds great significance
NB Vincent van Gogh
NB Nick Drake
NB Bessie head
Creative Report #03
Identity Revealed in paint
The artists exist singularly to their work of art and the challenges that come with the collaboration require unity not only at a personal level but with skills too.
And I think it’s safe to say not everyone knows how to handle pressure and those who deal with it do it differently, dealing with a deadline and conflicts on site like painting over others work can be disheartening especially because every artist shares a certain level of sensitivity to what the do, they are connected in various ways and removing my paint or hiding it with yours might feel and be like you are denying me a chance to speak.
A mural done on a collective Design is not just about individual imagination, it requires skill discipline to mind your space as well as others. It becomes a territorial issue to an artist whose work was painted over, the actual design gets lost in tension and the wall gets to pay the price of being just an object used to take every frustration thrown in paint.
Self image challenges can portray negatively, having someone’s work visible more than yours in a collective Design does not make one inferior, but it’s the inferiority they feel in lacking Team work that makes them.
I think social intelligence is needed for association and relevance of who you are on this project and that needs to be voiced out in future projects
Creative report #04
Photography is a creative profession
To me photography meant taking photos of people and things at a particular time, until I met the
Photographers we are working with. Setting their cameras is inviting for anyone to become part of their story telling and The love for what they do separates them from the rest.
This was the first time I don’t see only the beauty in a picture and the life is some cases, but seeing an evident relationship of the photographer with his camera, and being a poet who found inspiration in every picture that evoke my capacity to instantly recite, I should know how much their shots portray.
From an individual who is quite and shy being in a picture that acknowledges your strong presence and influence on your surrounding made me reflect on the level of activism through photography.
All the artists involved got a great representation of themselves through this pictures, and the video played a significant role of narration and editing skills aside, just compilation or material said enough about the quality of their storytelling 6component, they are visionary implementers as photographers.
This revealed great significance of the environment to their work and its amazing to see them acclimatizing and incorporating economic ideas on eco-friendly terms.
I must say it was a beauty to see their communication without words, the gentleness in handling clients and participants in a way that allows people to be themselves while they do the hard to make sure their clients shine to complement their crafting techniques.
From posing to give them different angles to them securing your sensitivity while artistically revealing your courage on set was resolute and expressive, Now I think caption is not just text, especially because they say less to let their skills talk.
We saw identity preserved above expectation and entrepreneurship, to say our work is ours even after selling the owner will not own my creativity and it is in these gestures of fair trade will every work be given the magnification it deserves, when artists are not afraid to own their work.
Overall I think the future looks creative, they demonstrated quality customer services with their resulting products in this sense “if my product is to satisfy my client it has to satisfy me first, the standard of my work and fulfill my purpose.”
Written by:
Mahlaula BDK