''Cultural clashes is
a conflict caused by "differences in culture values and beliefs that place
people at odds with one another" ~ Jonathan H Turner.
This project it will be a manual woodcut print performance,
inviting community participants to use their imagination to visualize their
real world from their own life experiences. The participants will draw and cut
together on one big piece of wood or linoleum, arranged in a circle. They will
then manually print the woodcut on fabric or paper, “dancing” together on the
woodcut to imitate a modern print-machine.
By this project I believe that creative process involved in
expressing one’s self artistically can help people to resolve issues as well as
develop and manage their behaviors and feelings, reduce stress, and improve
self-esteem and awareness.
Dialectical relationship between the participants and
evolving artwork, in which aspects of the participant’s subjectivity are
externalized as artistic form. Is that the participants engages in a process in
which internal and externalized aspects of self-experience enter into a
dialectical relationship that transform both. Succesfull creation is determined
by the symbolic of feeling of the vital experience of living made manifest
throught the completed artwork. Once finished, they will be able to display the
print in their community as an invitation to continue the discussion of their
shared humanity.
As defined by The Ontario Art Council (2002); “Community Arts is an art process that involves professional artists
and community members in a collaborative creative process resulting in collective
experience and public expression. It provides
a way for communities to express themselves; enables artists, through financial
or other supports, to engage in creative activity with communities; and is
collaborative – the creative process is equally important as the artistic
outcome.”
The project is specifically accomplished by:
- Creating venue that draws people together as participants with different backgrounds, profession, ages, gender, economic – social status, nationality, skin colors.
- Fostering trust between participants and thereby increasing their generalized trust of others.
- Providing an experience of collective efficacy and civic engagement, which spurs participant for future collective action.
- Arts event may could increasing their sense of connection to that community.
- Providing an experience for participants to learn a skill for collective organizing. And also for the organizations involved to enhance their capacities. Much of this comes when organizations’ establish ties and learn how to work, consult and coordinate with other organizations and government bodies in order to accomplish their goals.
- Increasing the individual’s social networks.
The arts projects are increasingly required to demonstrate
their influence and impact on society, not only within the arts and among their
actively participating members but within communities and society at large.
When talking about art projects with societal impact,
naturally, possible impacts the project should have need to be taken into
account and analysed in advance.
The project will give the city a more positive image
after the art project managers created a dialogue between the arts and
communities.
And most of all, making art is always FUN to celebrate the diversity!
You can support this project crowdfunding in our Indiegogo campaign:
CUT THE BORDER CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN
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