An online talk and Q & A from 5 of our MG International Artist Collective.
COVIDx Talks
A Two-Hour TEDx/Pecha Kucha-style talk // 20 May, 2020
Creating With Uncertainty
What is uncertainty, and the reciprocity between an artist and the unknown? A two-hour series of presentations, where five of our MG International Artist Collective explored how they are creating with uncertainty in these crazy times.
They delved into their practices, lived experience and diverse cultural reality in order to unpack how their creative and personal identity is intertwined or removed from the concept of uncertainty, how the uncertain picture of today and tomorrow informs their practice, and the optimism of uncertainty and generating opportunity through foraging for the new
They delved into their practices, lived experience and diverse cultural reality in order to unpack how their creative and personal identity is intertwined or removed from the concept of uncertainty, how the uncertain picture of today and tomorrow informs their practice, and the optimism of uncertainty and generating opportunity through foraging for the new
Line Up / GMT+8
Designer and Educator / USA
An artist who uses design as a strategy for creation. A designer who brings artistic methods to her solutions.
20:05 – 20:25
Visual Artist / Spain
Visual artist based in Madrid who is interested in changes, movement, and the relationship between people and the environment.
20:25 – 20:45
Urban Artist / Australia
An urban artist who creates colourful, emotive, layered work. Inspired by the female form, typography, and colour, Sarah mixes these elements to create vibrant murals, over-sized canvas artworks and street posters.
20:45 - 21:05
Collage Artist and Designer / USA
A collage artist taking his art from galleries to the streets using wheatpaste to reach untapped audiences in his community.
21:05 - 21:25
Artist and Activist / Australia
Ben makes monuments of, and memorials to nature as we watch it (and capture it in high definition) disappearing before our eyes.
21:25 - 21:45
Q & A
We will open the floor to any further questions you might have for our artists.
21:45 - 22:00
Meena Khalili / Creating With Uncertainty
Taquen / Creating With Uncertainty
Sarah Sculley / Creating With Uncertainty
Dakarai Akil / Creating With Uncertainty
Ben Tee / Creating With Uncertainty
COVIDx Talk: Creating With Uncertainty / Full Session with Q&A