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!
Iridescent Alloy — work in progress
Category: UNIT 1
A category under which all the blogs I wrote during Unit 1 of the MA can be found.
Visual Journal Overview
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 is no aim, no right or wrong, then the process of creating art becomes freeing and therapeutic. I used simple mediums to create at will in my journal, especially when I felt a struggle in the midst of a project or experiment. It was a …
Some community projects of interest
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! The Fearless Collective The fearless collective has actually interested me for a long time. Ever since I saw Shilo Shiv Suleman’s TED talk about magical realism and surrealism and how technology and art are intertwined, one does not obliterate the other. The fearless collective resonates …
Evolution of the project proposal
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, just now how I could get there The process of arriving at the final project proposal was very organic. So although the final proposal seems like a huge jump from the initial one, blogposts in the middle exemplify the process. In short, digimodernism and an …
Keeping up with Instagram
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 @abstract.mag @artsy @saatchi_gallery @artforum @artnewsmag @artnet #art @art @canvasmag @hafezgallery @edgeofarabia @saudiartguide @Amirarahimart @elseed @theotherstoryproject @hummingtree @rebelliousbrownie @hirableeh @fatimah.creates @bookgirlingmoments