Patricia Watts, founder of ecoartspace.com, one of the wonderful eco-art networks I'm a member of, makes some very poignant comments in this interview with Bioneers. It reminded me of a grab I heard while editing a showreel of artist talks yesterday for Orana Arts, from fellow artist, passionate environmentalist, and fellow Regional Futures artist, Allison Reynolds.

Patricia: "It’s antithetical to be concerned about the hierarchy of the artworld when we need all hands on-deck. In fact, I go as far as to say that the work that you do should be replicable; that you should encourage those around you to also do similar work. A few years ago, I started making Action Guides that allow artists to perform other artists work as their own. Yes, sure it’s important to acknowledge those who have inspired your work and to consider how your work is different than work by other artists, but when we are trying to save the planet and humanity, I think we can let go of the idea of originality, especially in this day and time when imagery and information are so ubiquitous."

https://bioneers.org/an-interview-with-patricia-watts.../...

Allison: "The idea, for us to survive as a species, collaboration itself will probably mean subsuming of ego, and putting down and listening, and having to work with other people."

https://www.oranaarts.com/whats-on (first grab in the video at the top of the page)

#EcoArts #EcoArtist #EnvironmentalArt #EnvironmentalArtist #collaboration

Patricia Watts, founder of ecoartspace.com, one of the wonderful eco-art networks I'm a member of, makes some very poignant comments in this interview with Bioneers. It reminded me of a grab I heard while editing a showreel of artist talks yesterday for Orana Arts, from fellow artist, passionate environmentalist, and fellow Regional Futures artist, Allison Reynolds.

Patricia: "It’s antithetical to be concerned about the hierarchy of the artworld when we need all hands on-deck. In fact, I go as far as to say that the work that you do should be replicable; that you should encourage those around you to also do similar work. A few years ago, I started making Action Guides that allow artists to perform other artists work as their own. Yes, sure it’s important to acknowledge those who have inspired your work and to consider how your work is different than work by other artists, but when we are trying to save the planet and humanity, I think we can let go of the idea of originality, especially in this day and time when imagery and information are so ubiquitous."

https://bioneers.org/an-interview-with-patricia-watts.../...

Allison: "The idea, for us to survive as a species, collaboration itself will probably mean subsuming of ego, and putting down and listening, and having to work with other people."

https://www.oranaarts.com/whats-on (first grab in the video at the top of the page)

#EcoArts #EcoArtist #EnvironmentalArt #EnvironmentalArtist #collaboration