23 Ekim 2019 Çarşamba

Visuals look cool but the content is weak.

Our perspective of creativity has changed. The act of making is itself a part of the process of creating; there is no case that an artist or designer is not creative when producing. But we see creativity as something that requires extra time and energy. This is something that stresses the creator and distorts it from his/her original purpose.

The motivation to produce has changed on a society scale. What you produce may be boring, and it may not be interesting to look at, but it doesn't mean that you don't create anything. The changing motivation evolved to get more likes and produce content that is easily consumable. The concept of creativity is now mostly valued by the trends on Instagram. We look at a visual that even satisfies us most for just a few seconds and continue to scroll. That is why the concept of creativity became shallow and this is the period in which the culture of consumption is most influential in the field of art.

We focus on the end product regardless of our ideas and purpose. This is due to the fact that we do not have any free time to go through the processes of creativity. In addition, no one cares about the depth of the content so easily consumed. Art is an experience and what we mostly experience is just scrolling and seeing things without even thinking. In this case, for art to exist, it just needs to look cool and belong to a certain community -of consumers-.

When exposed to so much content, it is unlikely that one will stay on his/her own and create an environment for his/her personal taste. We cannot choose what we will be exposed to, and this leads to an ordinary, unpersonalized and uniform understanding of art. Most importantly, people cannot find time to get bored and turn to themselves.

9 Ekim 2019 Çarşamba

As transforming and synthesizing are the ways to create, these methods need to associates piece of knowledge which are far distant for being original. Working on a medium which evolves and change continuously, push the artist to achieve the transformation. So the medium can provide the distance by itself.

Also, undoubtedly another factor that can provide originality is multidisciplinarity. Multidisciplinary works can bring very distant pieces of information together. An information from one discipline can be transformed by using another discipline or you can synthesize information from two different disciplines.

At this point, it is important that the information presented is not monotone or usual. A simple system or more complex one can be developed to transmit a simple message and this does not necessarily mean that the work is primitive. While already exposed to a lot of information in daily life, a message of scattered information can be overwhelming. Instead, a better thought and a better designed message can be more vocal.

Transforming an idea to another distant or synthesizing them need also courage. This courage doesn't only need to be against society but also against oneself. Stress and fear of failure hinder creativity. It is the difference between producing works in an already existing discipline and producing work that transcends a discipline or media.

8 Ekim 2019 Salı

I love to create. Not only to create concrete things; but also ideas.

Not godlike creation but making and building things in time.

I love to change, transform and synthesize ideas. So I love to learn and discover the things have been done before. I love to learn stories and history.

I love to take one thing and manipulate it and serve it in another way and in another context.

I love to make revival of things died long time before. I love to uncover the different sides of ideas and transform them.

I love to think. And I love when my ideas change in time. So I love processes.

I love change. I love when seasons change. And I love when cities change. And I love when my life changes. And I love to change places. I love to move from one place to another place. And I love to move from one city to another one.

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