Encountering the Stranger Within / Interviews / Books / Open Call / Residencies
Published: Sat, 03/18/17
Andreja Kuluncic says, “Everybody can be an artist.” The Zagreb, Croatia-based artist believes all that is needed is for each of us to wake up the creative part of ourselves. In her participation-driven work, she explores this idea extensively. In one piece titled Art and Box, audience members are invited to take a box containing dismantled pieces for an art exhibtion back to their communities. With the box comes a dancer who the participants can invite to collaborate on a performance piece at their local school, library, or any other place they see fit. In this way, and through much of her work, Kuluncic seeks unique angles from which to view how we communicate socially. Her work Collective Stranger traces lines within the Croatian community combining the experiences of women from many backgrounds all of whom fit into the category of opressed and even ostracized populations.
Alison Jackson is no stranger to alternative facts. Her career is built on the voyeristic relationship we have with celebrities. Jackson creates images using lookalikes that challenge our concept of what is real. Most recently she has created photographs featuring a Donald Trump lookalike for the series Mental Images. Jackson says, “my pictures ask where does the truth end and the lies begin...where the subjective triumphs over the objective.” He work spans many media including publishing, photography, television, and is exhibited in museums and galleries.
Additional interviews include: Kathryn Kramer, Stephanie Taylor, and Colette Gaiter
Encounter others inner worlds through literature and share your findings. Add your titles to our reading list here. Andreaja Kuluncic turns to Death Drives an Audi by Danish author Kristian Bang Foss. User Carl Smith has read Where the Dead Pause and the Japanese Say Goodbye by Marie Mutsuki Mockett.
John Michael Kohler Arts Center is accepting applications for residency. Up to 16 artists are selected to receive housing, stipend, photographic services, use of equipment, and 24-hour access to studio space at the Kohler foundry or pottery areas. There is no fee to enter. Deadline is April 1.
Rekindle a relationship with your true self. Lao Tzu, ancient Chinese mystic and philosopher wrote, “He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightented.”
Here, as ever, are the interview archives and resources. Interviews are available on iTunes as podcasts, and for Android please click here.
Sincerely,
Brainard
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