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Manavi Singhal
Ivan Suvanjieff Олег Хе
Triana Rafael
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Ben Dye
Danté Danýel
UNDISCOERED
30th March 2022
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Contents TRIANA RAFAEL
MANAVI SINGHAL
TOPO MPOSA
ANNA WEICHSELBAUMER
IVAN SUVANJIEFF
BEN DYE
LIU GONGJIE
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Triana Rafael PARALLEL You grew up in Cuba — how did you end up in France? I was born in a town in the Cuban countryside called Jicotea («Turtle» in Spanish), which, as its name suggests, moves very slowly and never wins any races. I was interested in art from an early age, and I made drawings and paintings using whatever materials I had at hand, often on newspapers, because I did not have white paper. Being born in a communist country sometimes has its advantages, as everyone is the same, not everyone has the gift. It is contradictory, so much so that I did high school in a painting academy. At the age of 18, I entered the only university specializing in the arts that exist on the island, the ISA, located in Havana. There I developed theatre pieces, performances and paintings. It was at this time that I was able to buy a computer. I remember that it was missing several keys: the V and the R key. That is why I could never write « Viva la Revolución ». Since 2015 I have lived in Paris, married my wife. A childhood love that never left, the true art of life.
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My brother cut a pig in half, put it in blue resin and exhibited it surrounded by butterflies.
What kind of impact do you hope that your work has? Aside from the message, is it enough that your art just is beautiful? I have never been interested in beautiful art or contemplative art. I am interested in making people feel identified with what they see. Although I studied conceptual art and academia for 16 years, I still do my work for ordinary people like me. I am not an artist who does something new, far from it. Nevertheless, I try to make my work speak to people, hit them, move them. That is what it is all about. Can you tell us a little about yourself and what drove you to choose art as a career? I come from this geographical accident called "being Cuban". When I was 12 years old, I asked my parents to buy me an easel to paint. Like all Cubans, my family is modest, well, except for politicians, who live in apartments in the clouds. Down there are us, the mortals. Of course, they could never buy me the easel, much less acrylic, an unknown word to all the inhabitants of Jicotea. Acrylic? What is that? A weapon of the enemy to destroy us artistically? I am not exaggerating; it was like that. My uncle, an old spermatozoid, made me an easel with the remains of wood from a broken bed. There I began to paint and draw over the dreams of others. What led me to art was, to think that all that reality was a simulacrum.
Is it possible for you to separate your work from your life? Even though I try, it is impossible. I have always lived for art, and it is part of me. Since I was a child, I was the weird kid in the neighbourhood. While others played ball, I painted, while others made love for the first time, I read Duchamp's biography, a real orgasm.
Every artist or creative person has their own process. Where does the process begin for you? My creative process starts on the bus to work in Paris. Two and half hours of public transport per day is perfect for finding inspiration, situations, urban metaphors. In short, so many people think inside a bus gives off adrenaline. That is where my ideas almost always come from: from people I do not know, from those incomplete encounters. What is more important for art, the idea or the execution? Both are important. In this era full of easy answers and tutorials for everything, for me, the idea is primordial. Anyone can do the execution.
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What does freedom mean when it comes to art? Excellent question for a person who could never understand the meaning of that word. I think contemporary art is a system of government. There are presidents, prime ministers and citizens. Galleries and collectors are part of this government elite, who decide what will be the destiny of your work. For me, freedom exists at the moment I create a piece, right there, before it is imprisoned in a category.
What are you working on at the moment?
I am an art director at a video and animation company in Paris. I started the series PARALLEL to disconnect after a day's work. By doing this, I felt helpful in another way, without paying taxes. Rediscovering the digital world, I focused on maximizing this medium. At the moment, I am still developing the series PARALLEL, and recently I started the project ALPHA, a series of large scale digital illustrations playing with the concept of the veracity of art.
What advice would you give to your younger self? I would tell him: My brother cut a pig in half, put it in blue resin and exhibited it surrounded by butterflies.
YOU CALM ME DOWN
Manavi is an award-winning contemporary artist and an illustrator. With a strong focus on colour, design and relevance, her artworks are full of life, usually combined with pop art expressions. Her work has a distinct style and is easily recognizable. She has worked for creative consultancies and clients in industries like food, fashion, events, charities, non-profits, etc. She has initiated a fresh and unique design approach to tackle racism and create inclusion for the LGBT and BLM communities, and some of her agency's recent collaborations are adopted by this initiative.
Korina Villanueva
Manavi has combined her mission for the betterment of the LGBT community with Black Lives Matter, and she wishes to provide support for the most marginalised by creating visibility for black women (Phase 1 focuses on women), who face exclusion and isolation on the grounds of their race or sexual identity.
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You grew up in India — how did you end up in London? It feels surreal. I came to Manchester for my Master's. After my studies, I wanted to work for a while before I went back. It was the peak of the recession, so it took me a while to get a job, and that was in London. I came here, fell in love with the fresh and infectious vibe of the city, and the rest is history.
SHARE THE LOVE
Which artists have influenced your work, and how do you incorporate their techniques into your work?
BEAUTY LIES WITHIN
I am greatly inspired by Romero Britto. I love the childlike, pop artistic vibe his art exudes, and I try to incorporate the colourful expressions he has in his work.
What made you venture from working in the corporate sector to painting? It affirms my reality. I sort of kept at it even whilst working full time in the corporate sector, so I decided to take it up professionally one day.
What is more important for art, the idea or the execution? They are both equally important. An idea has to be this unflinchingly honest and creative answer or expression of your thoughts, whereas its execution should match your imagination whilst at the same time trying to be unique to all others!
What do you like most about being an artist? It fiddles with both the intuitive and the strategic parts of my brain. The freedom to simply grab the colour that I am most gravitated to at that very moment and create something that has the potential to inspire and move people is what I like most about being an artist. heading
Where can we view your work? Currently, you can view it on my website: https://ravisi.ms/gallery and here is my portfolio page: https://ravisilove.wixsite.com/mysite/
Can you tell us a little about yourself and what drove you to choose art as a career? I have always been a curious art explorer. It has been the only consistent part of my routine, and at times I have impressed myself with my discipline towards it since, as far as my memory goes. I have experienced and enjoyed various forms of it; oriental art, gold foil art, clay art, photography, paper cut out art, creating lamps and other objects from scratch, sketching, painting with watercolours n inks, graphics, and more. It has been sort of a paper trail of art throughout. It is definitely my passion and obsession towards creating beautiful things that led me to choose art as my career.
I wish to provide support for the most marginalised, by creating visibility for black women , who face exclusion and isolation on the grounds of their race or sexual identity. Manavi
Topo Mposa THE YOUNG ARTIST
About my art, my effort as an artist is to represent the world's nature with a deceptive reality. I began art 15 years ago when I was eight years as, a child
Topo Mposa, born in 1996, lives in
growing up in a small village. Nobody
Botswana, southern Africa, in the small
taught me art, and I developed a sense of
city of Gaborone. Although he graduated
drawing and a love of design from the
from the MSC College Francistown
motivation of my late mother. Also, I
Botswana of Advanced Art Studies in 2014,
believe in my art, which I draw to
his art career began in 2010 as a painter.
suggest its volume. My inspiration
Besides his art career, he is an auto
originated from the love of birds, insects,
engineer and athlete. Exhibited his first
and wild art. Use my formal aspects of
work at BW arts and culture at Thapong
paintings to emphasise lines, colours,
Art Centre 2019, Global expo BW 2019, and
generalised or geometrical forms.
he has been a member at @artmajeur 1870
My techniques are classical, mostly
France since 2019 and at artpal.com since
showing distance or depth in each of my
2018.
paintings, which I usually do by modifying the tone of nature as a whole, i.e. insects and birds that are remote from my working plane. I often enjoy acrylics and oils by arranging form colour and chiaroscuro lines in any given sketch. In particular, my art of putting birds, water and insects into shapes usually forms an expressive whole. In any case, I feel amazed doing my art every morning, not only by the knee observation, the assured, vigorous outlines and my shortly controlled shading that lends bulk and roundness to the formula.
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"Abstract available paintings transfer a supernatural eloquent event that clearly balances on panels to form a conspicuous influence and international style". TOPO MPOSA
the sweetness and the sadness of the thruth
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Repeated forms of traquility
When viewers first see my work, they have many questions as they see colours mixed freely like clouds on a dark canvas. Their eyes begin to look for abstract brushstrokes to find the artist's message, but what they will find is the artist's exploration of the viewer. I ask reflective questions to the audience through my dream-like digital painting. As a result, the appreciation of people who appreciate my work varies. Visitors do not have to try to grasp the artist's intention behind the artwork. Instead, it encourages the audience to enjoy the work without restraint by projecting their thoughts and feelings into the picture. All of my works approach the audience in a stationary form, but each work breathes and moves lively under the viewer's gaze.
THE BEAUTY THAT REMAINS IN MY FLOWING MEMORY Stretch out one's arms and approach slowly All the memories that pass through my fingers The moment I thought everything was gone, I saw it with my own eyes. I couldn't feel the only thing reflected on me. When I saw it, I realized that I was alive.
L Where do you get your inspiration from? Can you talk about your ideas and how they evolve? When I first started art, my dream influenced me a lot. Everything I felt in an unknown space inspired me. Furthermore, through that, I was able to do exciting art. However, as time went by, I wandered for a while because I needed a new change. Finding new inspiration was never easy. Then one day, I expressed the feelings that humans can feel in art, which came as a great shock and inspiration to me. I developed it one step further and reinterpreted my feelings, and expressed them in my work. What does freedom mean when it comes to art? I think freedom in art is an oasis that must be constantly sought Because it is not easy to get, I crave it more, and I cannot own it, so the process of constantly finding it may sometimes feel challenging, but I think it is a driving force for me to keep walking forward, imagining myself smiling at my destination. Which artists have influenced your work, and how do you incorporate their technique into your paintings? The artist who influenced me the most was Shohei Otomo, a Japanese-born ballpoint pen illustrator."Attracted by his stern and gentle expressions and descriptions, I now have one of his works, "Heisei Maria," and I seek the peace of mind in his artwork every morning."
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What is your creative process like? How does your style change over the years? The first moment of my artistic creation began with acrylic and canvas. I enjoyed the beauty of mixing various colours with my eyes. Furthermore, over time, I chose digital art to expand my artistic activities, focus on the shape and depth of the work and turned into a work of art that shines brighter in a dark background; and my final goal is to create a work that only I can do in the future.
What advice would you give to your younger self? Let me tell you why I chose this question. A close friend of mine asked the same question the other day. When I was asked this question, I did not hesitate to tell her. If I could go back in time and give advice, I would say, "Let us start art quickly, fall into chaos, move forward, and find true happiness."
Small but important emotions
JOON-YOUNG LEE
S C H I Z O P H R E N I A I thought mind was going in a safe direction. I was relieved, but it was just my misunderstanding. There was no way to stop complicated thoughts.
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Anna Weichselbaumer
Anna Weichselbaumer is a contemporary artist who lives and works in Vienna, Austria. She graduated from the University of Art in Linz, Austria. She has already had several exhibitions, her last one was in Boomer gallery in London, and she has illustrated a book with the title " even without a partner" that is available on Amazon.
MY PAINTINGS
Painting is not just painting. It is colourful, diverse and moves something. Go on a search for who you are. There are questions like: What do you want and where do you go? How do external and internal perceptions work together? Are you automatically one? There is so much more. Stimulate, absorb, crazy, colourful, crooked, straight and straightforward in its technology can be painted. On the one hand, it is the imagination and the dream, on the other hand, it can also move and draw attention. In a large room that is there through painting, The question automatically arises: where are you standing? What really moves you? Furthermore, where do you want to go?
Every artist or creative person has their own process. Where does the process begin for you? For me, the artistic process begins as a thought, and I create everything inside my head or maybe when I discuss it with other people. Alternatively, I just go for a walk listening to music; the melodies and the surroundings inspire me, and I have a clear idea of how I can express myself. What is more important for art, the idea or the execution? For me, the idea is more important, and I like things sketchy and thoughtful. Even if it is just one size with a few strokes. There is so much possible. Often the sketch is already the work. What advice would you give somebody who has just started their artistic career? Art is not just a task, and it is inspiration and expression! You need to have the courage to choose what you love and follow the right path for you! my advice would be "do what gives you courage and makes you happy".
Where do you get your inspiration from? Can you talk about your ideas and how they evolve? This is very different and has a lot to do with time. Thinking, walking, listening to music. You have to make time for it What does freedom mean when it comes to art? For me, freedom in art is essential and vital to say, feel, and think what seems important to you. To be able to look at things from a different perspective. History has shown how important this is. How did the "quarantine" affect your art? I thought the quarantine was right at that point in time, and it did not have such an effect on my work and my painting. On the contrary, I have more time to dedicate to myself and my work, and I have become more creative. Nevertheless, socially, it probably changed everyone's life.
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The multi-faceted artist Ivan Suvanjieff is an activist who works for peace worldwide through the PeaceJam Program he co-founded in 1996 with his wife, Dawn. The Foundation carries out concrete actions with youth in forty different countries, thanks to the active support of fourteen Nobel Peace Prize winners, including the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu. Archbishop Tutu honoured him by marrying Ivan and his wife at the cathedral St. George in Cape Town in 2000. For all these actions and the many films he produces and where he exercises his talents as Director of Photography, Ivan Suvanjieff has been nominated 17 times for the Nobel Peace Prize. Former leader of the Detroit punk rock band "The Ramods", founded in 1977, he retains the rebellious spirit that pushed him, in 1984, to light his cigarette on the Olympic flame.
He was Associate Editor of the mythical "CREEM Magazine", self-proclaimed "the only Rock'n'roll magazine of the United States", and wrote articles and saw his photographs published by leading magazines worldwide. (This aspect of his work is featured in two books recently published: "CREEM, America's Only Rock Magazine" and "Iggy Pop and The Stooges: The Authorized Biography".) While successfully embarking on a career as a painter, he also created, at the Dawn of the 90s, the cutting edge literary magazine "The New Censorship," which published over 50 issues, today collectors, thanks to a team of illustrious editors like the writers Charles Bukowski, (who published part of their correspondence in his book "Reach for Sun"), Anselm Hollo, Anne Waldman and Andrei Codrescu, while publishing the writings of his artistic colleagues Lucia Berlin, Allen Ginsberg, Kathy Acker, Francesco Clemente, Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Alex Katz and many others.
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Ivan is also a filmmaker and has produced over a dozen films, from award-winning feature-length documentary films such as "The Dalai Lama -Scientist" (2019) to films that are in a more Dada vein, such as "Face the 80's", a film capturing the Detroit punk rock scene in 1979. He also created "Jesus vs Mr Potato Head", "Detroit Punks", and "Jesus vs Bono", just for fun. Whatever his mode of expression, this creative tirelessly fights for individual liberties and peace in the world in the form of a fight against the single thought and established norm. No wonder his pictorial creation, after twelve years where he painted exclusively in black & white, has now exploded into colour by revisiting Dadaism.
"I painted in black and white all those years to learn about colour," he said. The pictorial and intellectual current of the early twentieth century finds, under the brushes of Ivan Suvanjieff, a brand new voice in our era where freedom of speech deserves, once again, to be defended.
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BEN DYE As a film school graduate, I've always been interested in capturing our world through a camera lens. Every image tells a story, and by interpreting stories in our own way, we can each discover something new about ourselves. I want the audience to view my work and think "What does this photo really say? What does it say about our world? And what does my interpretation say about me?". I believe that everyone has their own unique take on art, and by capturing images that encourage different emotions, I want to continue questioning the audience into who they really are. Inspired by the works of Art Wolfe, Jim Brandenburg, and Heather Angel, I was curious to experiment with both landscape imagery and divergent shot types, so I began my own project in capturing the natural beauty of the world. During long hikes with friends, and travelling through Europe, I kept my camera with me at all times, photographing anything fascinating or visually stunning, whether it was nature, wildlife, or even a location itself.
The Long Way Home, Part II – @BenDye
Lost and Alone
The Long Way Home, Part II
Bay of Biscay at Sunset
Can you tell us about yourself and what drove you to pursue art as a career? I was born and raised in London, specifically in the East End. From the neighbourhood I grew up in, I was able to see Canary Wharf, the O2 Arena, and the Gherkin. That was such a perfect sight. It definitely inspired me, even from a young age. You see, I was never any good at sports, or maths, or anything like that. The only thing that I was genuinely interested in was creativity, particularly the visual arts and how they make us feel.
I loved visiting art museums, studying the lives of different artists, and taking photographs on day trips. So that is what I pursued. I graduated from film school in 2020, and since then, I have been freelance. I am always looking for new projects whilst wanting to challenge myself with different styles and fresh ideas.
"The Long Way Home, Part I." – @BenDye
"Crossroads."
– @BenDye
Where do you get your inspiration from?
What memorable responses have you had?
Cliché as it may sound, but everywhere. Whether I am walking down the street, watching television, or even when I am out with friends, you can always guarantee an idea will turn up in some capacity. Usually, this idea will start as the kernel of something before it slowly begins to expand and develops more depth to it. Of course, not every idea sticks around, but quite a lot of them do. Some ideas start entirely different, but they will soon evolve into something new and better. Nevertheless, what I find most interesting is that ideas are never a conscious decision; they always come from the subconscious. I think that is what says the most about artists. Every idea they get says something different about them and how they interpret the world. Maybe they are just trying to find their place. Maybe that is what art is.
A few years ago, I was on a bus, and a stranger recognised me! She came up to me and gave me one of the nicest compliments I have ever heard in my life. I could not believe it! It turns out she was in the audience when I revealed my very first project to the public. I was so thrilled that she enjoyed my piece, and to this day, I am still flattered by her kind words.
What is more important for art: the idea or the execution? That is a fascinating question. It is undoubtedly subjective, and I think everyone will have a different answer. From my own experience, I always contemplate if the idea itself is any good before pursuing it further. However, the next thing I think about is, "How can I translate that into art? How can I get people to see how I want them to see it?" Moreover, that is always the challenging bit. That is really when the artist comes out. It is very easy to mess up a good idea, but it is even harder to make good one work. I think it takes raw talent and skill. Nevertheless, having said that, I do believe it is possible to take an overused or common idea and rework it into something new and original. How many art pieces are about unrequited love, heartbreak, or loss? However, again, it all depends on the skill and talent of the artist. So personally, I do think that there is no such thing as a bad idea, just bad execution.
What advice would you give someone just starting their artistic career? Always listen to your instincts. If it feels right, go with it. If it does not, then don't. Be objective with your work, but of course, try not to overthink things or criticise yourself too much. I would also say that it is okay to make mistakes. I made loads of mistakes when I was first starting out, but I always learned from them, and even now, I am still learning six years later. Remember that professionals are just amateurs with experience!
EMOTIONALLY HARMONIOUS
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Liu Gongjie hopes that the public can also join in the daily discussion of the future, which will significantly expand the diversity of humans and open up a future path for harmonious coexistence with technology. – @Liu Gongjie
Liu Gongjie's work focuses on the impact of digital technology on our daily lives and engages in critical discussions from a sociological perspective by creating a series of videos, installations, and theatrical works to discuss. Post-humanism, organicism, and material culturerelated issues. His work looks forward to uncovering the human spirit behind technology in the age of algorithms for the people under the evil of consumerism and capital: people are alienated into tools and become part of the social production system driven by capital. The surplus-value is constantly exploited. So his work is humancentred and anti-consumerist. He looks forward to taking due social responsibilities as an artist.
CYBORG FUTURE "Do things at your own pace. Life's not a race." – @Liu Gongjie
Emotionally harmonious is speculative design work. It explores a possible future in the form of a dance-drama, where human beings take the initiative to transform themselves into a cyborg that combines the physical and mechanical and can directly perceive the emotions of others, and how will this affect our daily lives. The technical prop in the dance drama includes emotional buttons, emotional storage crystals, emotional clouds.
I am looking forward to guiding the audience through this project to think about the possibility of humanmachine symbiosis in future life. Explore the possible forms of human existence in the future, including the possibility of cross-media integration of biology, machinery, and information. It will consider various aspects of physical cognition and criticize external constraints such as gender and cultural boundaries.
This project is based on a critical discussion of intellectual equality. Liu Gongjie hopes that the public can also join in the daily discussion of the future, which will significantly expand the diversity of humans and open up a future path for harmonious coexistence with technology. the project was exhibited at dutch design week 2021 and the London cyborg night exhibition
You grew up in southern China — how did you end up in the U? I grew up in southern China, where there are many rivers and lakes, lush vegetation, and delicious food. I came to London for my master's degree, and I graduated from Central Saint Martins MA material futures. It has been an incredible learning journey where technology, art, and science come together. I was immersed in the nourishment of London's multiculturalism and developed a keen interest in materiality narratives. My practice often revolves around societies, cities, and our production systems. Now that I have graduated, I continue my artistic practise as an interdisciplinary independent artist.
What kind of impact do you hope that your work has? Aside from the message, is it enough that your art just is beautiful? I will not allow my work to be a beautiful and meaningless "vase". Most of my work uses material narratives to explore the connection between cutting-edge technology and everyday life. I hope that through my work, the public can see more of the hidden reality. I believe that inclusive, intellectually equal communication can help solve complex social problems. In fact, I think almost all social issues are not binary. It needs to seek solutions that are malleable in explicit scenarios. I want to let everyone see a better future through my practice. Furthermore, discover the humanistic spirit behind the technology so that people from different cultural backgrounds can be more united.
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Can you give us a spoiler on what is coming next for you? This year, I will be creating installations and films focusing on land, space, and our consciousness course. I will still be based on the use of material narratives, but the presentation will be broader. It is a joy to keep breaking boundaries.
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Where can we view your work? My web: www.liugongjie.com and my Instagram account: @liugongjie I am still looking for multiple exhibition opportunities, both online and offline. Moreover, there are interdisciplinary artistic collaborations. I like to explore different areas of things. In previous teams, I have had diverse backgrounds: architects, algorithm engineers, doctors, anthropologists, filmmakers, ecologists and many more; we welcome more talented and buzzing people to join us. Please send me an e-mail: e453024677@icloud.com.
What are you working on at the moment? I am simultaneously advancing a lot of exciting things I seek exhibition opportunities worldwide and hope that my works will be seen by more public from different regions and cultural backgrounds. I am writing a column to sort out my previous research, and I hope to make more friends with common interests through this. I am doing an art salon, inviting artists from different fields to London to talk about their concepts and artistic practices and learn from each other. I am still working on independent films, which are part of my artistic practice, and I am actively pursuing theatrical opportunities. By the way, there are also resident programs around the world, which are both travel and opportunities to meet new friends. I enjoy the creative process.
How would you describe your own personal style? I love experimenting with different styles; breaking boundaries is challenging but fun. However, my current style is highly recognizable. Like a laboratory, I pursue simplicity, order, and brightness without too much colour. Aesthetically, I think I have a solid oriental aesthetic taste. This is not bad, and artistic creation always goes to the artist's heart. Moreover, for most of my life, I grew up under the nourishment of Chinese culture. I had a great time, and I loved that, but I also knew I would not just be there. And the wider world. So in the future, I will embrace the change of style, and I will insist on expressing my emotions and thinking most directly. I think that is the most elegant way to communicate with the public.
Do you remember the earliest memory of when you wanted to do what you do today? I still remember my fondness for playing with mud in kindergarten, and my childhood dream was to be an archaeologist. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I was born in a country with a long history (China). People respect history and love to talk about it. Furthermore, almost any museum is filled with artefacts from thousands of years ago. Due to the graphical nature of Chinese characters, the public can easily read even documents from two thousand years ago. This brings us so close to our past lives, yet so different. I think allinclusiveness comes from this. I am very interested in the customs and material culture of various civilizations worldwide. I love exploring them, and I am also influenced by some of the adventures, the archaeologist's profile is always knowledgeable, mastering all kinds of tricks, and living a life full of adventure. I did not become an archaeologist, but I still feel that my work is still valuable.
What advice would you give somebody who has just started their artistic career? Where do you get your inspiration from? Can you talk about your ideas and how they evolve? My inspiration usually comes from my observations of everyday life and society, and I think my current work is more focused on the field of technical criticism. I travel all over the world, and I see that technology abuse is a severe problem in every country. In particular, once digital technology lacks effective regulation, it will negatively impact our lives. I also often feel that my life is being alienated. So I want to build bridges between the public and professionals and guide public discussions about the potential impact of technology by building forward-looking criticism of technology. Build social consensus and seek a desirable future for the public.
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ANA LUIZA TORRES
CUT BY A CATFISH I
A senile woman who is crowded with a host of lice that have eaten up a variety of time, an infant who is troubled by a hernia and looks like a tiny bag of dung.
CUT BY A CATFISH II
Inspired by Hijikata’s play Ailing Dancer, Cut by a Catfish, 2019, is a pair of analogue self-portraits made during an isolation time a year before pandemic lockdown. The images, as Hijikata’s Ailing Dancer, are closely associated with the weakened or emaciated body. Both images are printed on hahnemuhle paper. The first print is one photograph and the second is the result of films overlapping.
S O A R E S P E R E I R A
Soares Pereira, or Super Puta, Deep inside, danced and silence together on the balance of tragedy and the human movement was soaked in the quiet buzz of ornamentation. When applying marginalized female faces in old porcelain sets, Soares Pereira ou Super Puta brings an atmosphere that questions the normalization and pathologization of female figura, especially in domestic life.
OLEG KHE
My name is Oleg Khe, I am originally from Kazakhstan, but my nationality is Korean. My ancestors fought against the Japanese occupation in the early 20th century, shedding their blood for the independence of Korea. Pursued, they got to Russia and then to Kazakhstan. I was born and raised here, trained as a journalist and raised a family. I am engaged in the media sphere and education, and I devote my free time to the fine arts.
IN THE FLOW STATE
It is interesting for me to observe interactions in the creative industries. The boundaries are transparent; fortunately, they are easy to cross, which means that the possibilities in the art are extensive.
OLEG KHE:
THE PROCESS BECOMES MORE CRITICAL BECAUSE IT ALLOWS YOU NOT TO THINK ABOUT THE RESULT. IT TURNS INTO AN EXCITING ADVENTURE WHEN THE ROUTE NEEDS TO BE LAID BY TOUCH, SOMETIMES RETURNING TO THE STARTING POINT, STARTING OVER, INVENTING EACH NEXT STEP. THIS IS NATURAL CREATIVITY THE GOAL IS VAGUE, THE RESULT IS UNPREDICTABLE!
Why art? It gives me a different picture of the world. Furthermore, I learned to talk about it differently - a drawing. This immediately enriches personal time and space. It is as if I live two lives simultaneously: in one - work and everyday life, in the other - free creativity. At times I have to write and talk a lot, and then - be silent and draw with concentration. Moreover, these combinations of opposite states do not conflict but interact, giving different contents that enrich each other. I believe that all forms of art cinema, dance, music, theatre, literature, sculpture, photography, painting and others - have the best impact on humanity. Creativity itself is mobile and requires flexibility of mind and openness to everything new; as a result, an artist is most often tolerant and empathic, which are essential qualities for the modern world. I think that the quantitative and qualitative development of the creative class is a boon for humanity. So I am grateful for your media project that does not just support artists. By and large, it makes our society better.
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What are your favourite works of art, artists? There are many excellent contemporary artists, but my interest in them is not stable. However, I will always appreciate the work of Paul Gauguin, Egon Schiele and Gustav Klimt. Their works combine beauty, intimacy and primitiveness most amazingly.
What do you like about your job? Of course, I like the process itself. Sometimes I like the result. It happens that you really like it. However, it passes quickly. Furthermore, I like to draw quickly - to finish the picture in a day or two. Then I did not want to return; the impressions faded away, my thoughts had already fled further.
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What advice would you give to other artists?
Where do you see yourself in 5-10 years? In 5 years, I want to devote more time
Every day, act at the limit of your abilities, create a masterpiece. This is my motto. I understand that if you constantly approach your skills and circumstances, these boundaries will expand. Conditionally: today, I do what I could not do yesterday. As for the masterpiece, it does not need to be for some such. The main thing is that you perceive your work in this way - give the best possible with your current capabilities and abilities. It motivates me a lot.
to creativity: explore art, combine photography and drawing, discover inspiring spaces of art residences, do long-term projects, for example, creating a book. I hope that I will have more works of an applied nature: drawings for covers, clothes, magazines. Perhaps I can find opportunities for myself in media art at the intersection of disciplines that are very familiar to me - journalism and
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