"Fresh Gallery"
During our visit to the Fresh Gallery in Otara I found many pieces that were contributed in the exhibition fascinating. One of the many pieces that caught my eye was a piece that looked screen printed on to a canvas like paper. It was a transformer like the cartoon but had a cultural twist to it. I found that certain piece fascinating because I always take common well known cartoons and give it a twist by adding my culture to it.
This is just an example of what I mean when I say cultural twist. It's basically taking an image that is well known by many people including the kids and adding some of your own culture into it to make it your own in a way. Like in this drawing, I drew Tarzan and Jane. I made Tarzan Tongan and Jane Samoan to show the combining of the two cultures that always seem to be at war with one another. This drawing is basically just to show that the two cultures are able to get along some people just aren't that open minded sometimes especially when it comes to the hardships of the past between cultures.
How can Photography be used to represent a community? I felt as if this video is enough to answer this question. http://www.ted.com/talks/jr_s_ted_prize_wish_use_art_to_turn_the_world_inside_out.html
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