A category under which all the blogs I wrote during Unit 1 of the MA can be found.
This is an ongoing informal blog about some artists who may have inspired me or I may have researched further. Yayoi Kusama: I researched Yayoi Kusama’s work alot for my research paper. I don’t even know where to begin describing how she inspires my work. Not only was her fame propelled by instagram but she […]
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This exhibition really resonated with me, and somehow, I think it may have been the reason the concept of post-truth took hold in my mind. The first sentence in George Orwell’s book is: It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. – George Orwell, 1984 This is what the
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All my exploration of art exhibits around Jeddah town ended up with me at ‘21,39’ Jeddah’s biggest exhibition. Their 2018 theme was ‘Refusing to be Still’ which is simply brilliant and fueled my creativity so much! I’m hoping I can join in for their next exhibit. The exhibition was curated by the assistant curator at
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One of the ways in which I could simultaneously advance: My understanding of how social media operates My project proposal objective of encourage bloggers and influencers to speak out on things that matter was to host a blogger’s meet-up before my Untold Edition events. So I got in touch with a really cool cafe in
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The final outcome I’ve envisioned in my project proposal is a public art installation. To lay the groundwork for creating this installation the next steps I need to take are collaborating with places in Jeddah to create public art to gain exposure and learn more about the process. One such collaboration was with Kaf cafe.
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This piece is still a work in progress. I’ve started to let paintings stew in the studio for a while before returning to them time and again like edits to a story. And it works!
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My visual journal has a different purpose from most art journaling. I understand that most people like to capture fleeting ideas in their art journals, but that is only part of what I was trying to achieve. For me the visual journal was a great way to beat the fear of making art. If there
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The Global Angel Wings Project: I got interested in this project after I ran into a pair of these wings at O’Hare Airport. I think the idea is just phenomenal and so catchy. A great concept for interactive street art and something I could potentially appropriate into Karachi? God knows that place needs some angels!
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At the beginning of the year, this is what I started with: MA project proposal This was a very raw understanding of what I wanted to do. I could identify inspiration I could identify various strands of my practice I could not see how the pieces fit together I had an idea of the outcome,
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It’s difficult to quantify how one researches social media. I’ll give an account of my own Instagram and Facebook escapades in upcoming blogposts but for now, I’m just listing some bloggers I’ve been following for inspiration and also as a from of observational research. https://www.instagram.com/handletteringbysiets/ https://www.instagram.com/humnaraza/ https://www.instagram.com/evazubeck/ https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/lettering/ #realmakersclub #creativemuslimwomen and @creativemuslimwomen @artists.tag @saudiarabia #saudiarabia
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