Hello Didier
It would be great if you can decide how you want to approach NEW PLACE – I have already shared with you and Bindu how I want to approach NEW PLACE. I have expressed and defined what I want to do in the context of NEW PLACE, which is only a concept or a general theme.
You are in Cameroon – I suggest you interpret or work out your own definition for yourself – the way you define NEW PLACE does not have to be similar to my own definition or to Bindu’s. We don’t have to fit into one little hole - where is the beauty of difference?
You said: “I have a myriad ideas of NEW PLACE in my mind. It s so many each day I just dream of an old place
” – this is good, choose one of the ideas, and then get on with developing it. If you decide to “dream of an old place…”, it’s up to you. But I suggest it’s better to Act, rather than be in a state of playful dreaming – it will be much easier because we have a task at hand.
Just define NEW PLACE the way you want – then move on to determine/decide how you will use photography, etc, to express (whether it’s through Objects, People, or whatever you want) – if you want to “include the effect de suprise part of NEW PLACE” it’s up to you – this will be how you have chosen to interpret the theme.
But remember that NEW PLACE does not have to be about YOU personally, the artist at all.
Didier, you said: “The Newness dear Ladies, dear women reside in innovating.” If this is how you choose to define or interpret NEW PLACE, this is great.
Please Note: Our 3 perspectives and definitions of NEW PLACE and how we explore the theme don’t have to do the same thing, or do not have to fit – No, we should not work towards making our perspectives fit. Why should our perceptions fit?
Bindu suggested that we should each explore our different perceptions of NEW PLACE – this is why I agreed to the whole idea. This is what makes it attractive for me. So if you want our ideas to fit, then it’s problematic, and rather than going round and round in a circle, maybe we could stop!
A joint project does not necessary mean that we have to be in the same place or produce work that is similar. As already said in many different ways, NEW PLACE is our common theme. You as an artist should find your own way to explore this theme. Please Didier, if you find this hard to comprehend, then STOP, and then you can research and develop your own personal project with a subject matter or theme that you want, and then submit an Individual Proposal when the time comes.
I have already made it clear what I would like to do within the wider context of NEW PLACE. If this does not sound “innovative” then too bad. Innovation in art can also be about hearing New Voices, Seeing familiar stereotypes in New ways. Some people have not Spoken; others have not been Seen - and they are many ways of seeing!!!!
Greetings.
Florence









Amen!!!