I had never heard of Fluxus until last week and it really got me thinking about the artistic process of images, art pieces, videos, etc. rather than the actual end product. I feel like every time I create an image I am only thinking about how I will make my final product look good and never about how I am going to get to that end point.
While creating my piece for this weeks weekly challenge (drum on something you have never drummed on before) I found a lot of joy in creating sounds with various objects to create music and noises. I wasn’t concerned with the end sound of the music I was creating. Instead I concerned myself with how I was going to make a sound and what I should be drumming with to create certain noises.
This brings me to the question: “What is an artist? Do they see the future? Do they create it?”
I think an artist is anyone who creates something. Any one who experiments with the objects around them to make something new, something different. I had never drummed on a pile of plastic bags before because when I think of drumming I automatically think of a classic drum set; however, I liked the freedom I had to drum on anything I wanted to and create a whole new sound. Artists have the ability to see situations in a different way and not follow the main stream. They do have the ability to create a new future because they are taking the chance to see a world that is different.
I had never heard of Fluxus until last week and it really got me thinking about the artistic process of images, art pieces, videos, etc. rather than the actual end product. I feel like every time I create an image I am only thinking about how I will make my final product look good and never about how I am going to get to that end point.
While creating my piece for this weeks weekly challenge (drum on something you have never drummed on before) I found a lot of joy in creating sounds with various objects to create music and noises. I wasn’t concerned with the end sound of the music I was creating. Instead I concerned myself with how I was going to make a sound and what I should be drumming with to create certain noises.
This brings me to the question: “What is an artist? Do they see the future? Do they create it?”
I think an artist is anyone who creates something. Any one who experiments with the objects around them to make something new, something different. I had never drummed on a pile of plastic bags before because when I think of drumming I automatically think of a classic drum set; however, I liked the freedom I had to drum on anything I wanted to and create a whole new sound. Artists have the ability to see situations in a different way and not follow the main stream. They do have the ability to create a new future because they are taking the chance to see a world that is different.