What personally appeals to me the most about our course is that we have a lot
of discussions and these discussions are very informative and help me learn so
much more and make the class interactive. Our facilitator spoke about various
things trying to make the concept of, what art is and installation art is
clearer. Somethings that we discussed in todays class were: How art has the
capacity and ability to communicate. when we communicate, and everything we
communicate needs an expression. no emotion can be communicated till you don't
give an expression to it. Aesthetic gives form to inner needs and expression.
Narendra (our facilitator) also introduced to us, the idea that art is a relationship, and can be
explained in 3 ways - one to one, one to many and many to many (community to
community).
Somehow the discussion shifted and we were asked to find out
whether, blind people have dreams or not? When I looked it up, what I found
was- blind people do have dreams from their past visuals and experiences. And
those who were born blind can dream with other senses, for example they have
audio dreams. They can hear in their dreams.
Soon, the discussion was about faith, and how faith plays a key role in your lives, how it’s the base of almost every relationship and is related to everything that we do.
We learnt about minimalism and how it is about expressing the expression with minimum materials and on the other hand maximum deals with expressing the same expression on a macroscopic level.
After watching the documentary we were divided into 3 groups, and each group and to debate amongst them and come up with answers for :
1.who is an artist? (Group one)
2. Is it essential for artist to be an activist? (Group two)
3. Who is not an artist? (Group three)
I was in group two. we all started with expressing our own views, there was a lot of discussion about how we view the word ‘essential’ in the entire question. So, we mutually decided that if essential is to be looked as forced or necessary then– no its not essential for and artist to be an activist.
but our discussion didn’t stop there we went on discussing and came to a conclusion that No,an artist does not essentially need to be an activist, but an activist is an artist. There was debate and we were questioned about why we feel so, but after discussing and justifying our views to the rest of the class they agreed to with our answer.
when in class we discussed the first question about who is an artist? there was a lot of debating and I was personally not very satisfied with there first statement cause I felt it had gaps but eventually as a class we came up with a final answer to the question which was-
when in class we discussed the first question about who is an artist? there was a lot of debating and I was personally not very satisfied with there first statement cause I felt it had gaps but eventually as a class we came up with a final answer to the question which was-An artist is an individual who consciously expresses themselves with motive, medium and methodology.
Soon, the discussion was about faith, and how faith plays a key role in your lives, how it’s the base of almost every relationship and is related to everything that we do.
We learnt about minimalism and how it is about expressing the expression with minimum materials and on the other hand maximum deals with expressing the same expression on a macroscopic level.
After watching the documentary we were divided into 3 groups, and each group and to debate amongst them and come up with answers for :
1.who is an artist? (Group one)
2. Is it essential for artist to be an activist? (Group two)
3. Who is not an artist? (Group three)
I was in group two. we all started with expressing our own views, there was a lot of discussion about how we view the word ‘essential’ in the entire question. So, we mutually decided that if essential is to be looked as forced or necessary then– no its not essential for and artist to be an activist.
but our discussion didn’t stop there we went on discussing and came to a conclusion that No,an artist does not essentially need to be an activist, but an activist is an artist. There was debate and we were questioned about why we feel so, but after discussing and justifying our views to the rest of the class they agreed to with our answer.
when in class we discussed the first question about who is an artist? there was a lot of debating and I was personally not very satisfied with there first statement cause I felt it had gaps but eventually as a class we came up with a final answer to the question which was-
when in class we discussed the first question about who is an artist? there was a lot of debating and I was personally not very satisfied with there first statement cause I felt it had gaps but eventually as a class we came up with a final answer to the question which was-An artist is an individual who consciously expresses themselves with motive, medium and methodology.
I have always wondered what material is and I somehow always
had and answer to that, that material is an object, but what I realised after
the class discussion was that, only when we use material with a motive. It
becomes a medium.
After that we watched a documentary called ‘Never sorry’ – it was about this artist called AI WEI WEI. The documentary was about a few of his works and his life and how his journey had been as a activist and as an artist. I feel that when you watch a film like this, you can actually see how one artist makes and effort change the world. He revolts choosing art as his medium of expression.
After that we watched a documentary called ‘Never sorry’ – it was about this artist called AI WEI WEI. The documentary was about a few of his works and his life and how his journey had been as a activist and as an artist. I feel that when you watch a film like this, you can actually see how one artist makes and effort change the world. He revolts choosing art as his medium of expression.
What the
documentary made me realise was that art is not something can be isolated from activism
and even things like politics, we are often mistaken by the idea that they are
two completely different and unrelated disciplines, but after watching the
documentary that perception of mine changed. Other artist like the gorilla
girls, Peggy Diggs and Suzzane lacy come my head. Especially Suzzane lacy’s work
as she worked in alliance with police department, and this just shows artist
aren’t isolated from activism and politics.
The third group defined a non artist as a person who doesn't express with an intention of expressing.
After all these discussions and debates, we were left with a question for the next class: Will an artist still be an artist if the viewer fails to recognise the art?
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