These were the brief notes I took while she spoke to our class:
-art and curating, both are approached in a way of seeing it as an expression- giving an opportunity of having a voice
-over time, giving an immersary experience, to discover and unpack
-an artist that draws upon personal experiences- it is not a constructed story, but instead exposing and exploring things that are real but what others don’t want to be confronted with
-art is therapy, “the more I expose the things that I hide, the freezer I feel” - making a process/ journey for yourself
-about that period of her life (relating to her ‘Octoroon’ piece): prison because of drug dealing, but in that situation because being a drug addict- prison was a turning point and a launching pad for the next part of life and entering a stage of reaching potential
-when exiting prison, people didn’t know about it, but she idd carry shame inside. In this piece, she wanted to reconcile all the aspects/ faces of her life and to break the assumption people would get from prejudice opinions. It allows to raise awareness and help give others a voice
-her work incorporates the multiple identities- this is what made her categorise her as an indigenous artist or a feminist artist, which frustrates her, because the work sand art world like to categorise and frame people, when they are so much more than that
(contemporary artist isn’t so much offensive, as it just gives you a concept of your place in the world in terms of a sense of where you are in relation to time, whereas ‘feminist’ or ‘indigenous’ artist can be offensive (because it is just one aspect of identity an can confine and may not be the main context of a piece of art work)- identity is fixed but also fluid and that tampers with the ability to be fluid
-you need to defend the work that you produce, be 100% behind it- standing by and holding your work
In a class discussion afterward: one girl noted that Bindi Cole has to do the same, everyday things like us, eg. trying to find a carpark- which makes us also realise that we can be artists too; if they do what we do, we too can do what they do: we can be whatever we want to be, we just need to take the risk to do it. I found this an inspiring thought.
-art and curating, both are approached in a way of seeing it as an expression- giving an opportunity of having a voice
-over time, giving an immersary experience, to discover and unpack
-an artist that draws upon personal experiences- it is not a constructed story, but instead exposing and exploring things that are real but what others don’t want to be confronted with
-art is therapy, “the more I expose the things that I hide, the freezer I feel” - making a process/ journey for yourself
-about that period of her life (relating to her ‘Octoroon’ piece): prison because of drug dealing, but in that situation because being a drug addict- prison was a turning point and a launching pad for the next part of life and entering a stage of reaching potential
-when exiting prison, people didn’t know about it, but she idd carry shame inside. In this piece, she wanted to reconcile all the aspects/ faces of her life and to break the assumption people would get from prejudice opinions. It allows to raise awareness and help give others a voice
-her work incorporates the multiple identities- this is what made her categorise her as an indigenous artist or a feminist artist, which frustrates her, because the work sand art world like to categorise and frame people, when they are so much more than that
(contemporary artist isn’t so much offensive, as it just gives you a concept of your place in the world in terms of a sense of where you are in relation to time, whereas ‘feminist’ or ‘indigenous’ artist can be offensive (because it is just one aspect of identity an can confine and may not be the main context of a piece of art work)- identity is fixed but also fluid and that tampers with the ability to be fluid
-you need to defend the work that you produce, be 100% behind it- standing by and holding your work
In a class discussion afterward: one girl noted that Bindi Cole has to do the same, everyday things like us, eg. trying to find a carpark- which makes us also realise that we can be artists too; if they do what we do, we too can do what they do: we can be whatever we want to be, we just need to take the risk to do it. I found this an inspiring thought.
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