Tuesday 14 November 2023

What the f**k am I doing for my study statement?

 I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WANT TO DO! I want to do so many things, but I can't unify them, and I can't formulate them as questions...

I know I want to:

  • Use lots of different sorts of tech and push the boundaries of how tech can be used to make art, especially when mixed and matched
  • Make conceptual art
  • Share personal experiences and make people think
  • MAKE art not ideas as part of my MA
I think I might also want to:
  • Challenge the idea that artists are special and only they get to make art
  • Challenge the seeming irrelevance of art to most people's lives
  • Challenge the narrative that science drives value, but art is an indulgence
So there's maybe two divergent paths:
  1. Focus on tech as the medium but with the goal simply of self-expression - pros: get to do my stuff - cons: no bigger vision, very focused on the medium for a self-professed conceptualist
  2. Focus on tech as the medium but with a bigger goal of making art more accessible, perhaps even making a 'pure' platform - pros: big mandate, focus on ideas - cons: do I get to make art?!

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