Updated: Mar 9, 2024
Thank you very much for the opportunity to be part of this amazing event for the second year.
My iPhone artworks are a combination of photography, painting and digital manipulation. When photographing with my iPhone, I use a slow shutter technique, focussing on the energetic content that fills a space. In other words, I intuitively focus not on material mass but rather on the energy emanating from my subjects. Using apps, I paint on the photographs on my iPhone screen using my finger, and then use a variety of other apps to create further textures and blends. The figures in my artworks invite personal reflection.
A few words about my artwork “Transformation”
Many of us think we live in the Information age but we don’t. In the Information age we moved from the telegraph to the radio to the television to the personal computer to the world wide web. For the first time in history, we became the first self aware species in the known universe, who is interconnected to every other member of its species on a single planetary biosphere. With this came a huge sense of overload, accompanied by so many crises.
We have exited the Information Age, and in a time of massive chaos, have entered the Transformation age. We are seeing rapid technological advances and digital transformation.
Transformation, my artwork exhibited in this showcase, and viewable on my avatar thanks to custom avatar creator @Lisbet_Spatial, is an invitation. It is an invitation to live a transformational life. It is a call to value interactions with others with the same intensity that we seek to interact with the technological tools at our disposal. It is a call to go inward. It is a call to become discerning, mindful, sustainable and humble. To move beyond fear for your own life, to move beyond fear of that which is different, to move from looking at the other as an object to looking as the other and relating to them empathetically. If we are to survive, we will need to transform and expand our capacity to love.
Dinamica Art Expo, an engaging international collective virtual exhibition that is part of the rich panorama of the Virtual Art Week 2024, is online from 26 February and is accessible from PCs, smartphones and tablets.
“This exhibition is configured as a fascinating mix of visual experiences, where the theme of dynamism in contemporary art is expressed in a variety of forms and expressive languages.”
As I explore the concepts of stillness in movement, rootedness and movement occurring simultaneously, and the intertwining of the ordinary and the sacred, the theme for Dinamica Art Expo immediately caught my attention.
I was delighted when two of my works were selected.
“The works on display embody a harmonious fusion of sign, gesture, matter and a visual narrative emerges that captures the viewer's attention, transporting him on an emotional journey through the multiple dimensions of contemporary art.”
“Dinamica Art Expo explores the different nuances of dynamism, revealing its presence even in apparently static works. A single sign, hidden between one or more subjects, a flash of colour, a vigorous brushstroke, these are the elements that can give the work a disruptive emotional charge, making it dynamic and vibrant.”
“It is not just a virtual exhibition, but a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in a new continually evolving creative universe, where artistic research is confronted with the challenges and contradictions of our time, between new and well-known styles.”
The virtual exhibition can be viewed for one week starting 26 February 2024 on the Virtual Art Week website, and until 17 March 2024 on the Make Art Gallery online website. My works can be found in Gallery 4.
I am also delighted that my metaverse gallery “Linda’s Stillness in Movement Gallery” is one of only two Spatial metaverse art galleries to be featured in Virtual Art Week.
Augmented reality is an interactive experience that enhances the real world with computer-generated perceptual information.
Augmented reality technology now makes it possible to integrate art into the physical world in a new and exciting way.
I am happy to have discovered the Digital Bohemians Club who are doing amazing work in this field. Vanessa and Maks are showcasing artists from all over the world in an innovative way.
In their words:
“Immerse yourself in a world where art is not only observed but also experienced. Our events offer pedestrians, tourists, and art enthusiasts the unique opportunity to discover artworks from around the world on a specific theme. Through Augmented Reality, you can not only admire the art but also link and publicly share it with others, fostering a vibrant community that experiences art in ways that go beyond traditional boundaries.”
My friends in Munich, Germany, were kind enough to visit the latest AR exhibition and send me so many photos of my artworks “Color Healing” and “Heightened Awareness” in front of the Opera House on Gärtnerplatz.
I have already participated in two of the Digital Bohemians Club exhibitions in Germany and look forward to further collaborations in Greece and Japan.