William Kentridge and Caroline Leaf are in my opinion, the artist's artist. They create to create, the most astonishing thing is that with animation, a drawing or painting is destroyed so the next one is created. Nothing is left except the accumulation of progress documented by camera, film or computer. I really, really, really wish I had more time to experiment in this class.
I started as a manual artist; drawing, painting, and dabbling in calligraphy. I really loved what Kentridge was talking about when he said he was simply "an artist." In my experience, I have done much of what he was talking about in photography and manual art. Now, that I'm progressing into film, he reminds me that just because I've changed the medium to express my art and skills, I shouldn't dispose of the drive and enthusiasm that got me to where I'm at.
Caroline Leaf's dedication to her art is also an inspiration to me. Traveling to the arctic north doesn't sound enticing to many people, especially in pursuit of the story that her animations are based on. I guess in film and digital re-creation, one must completely immerse themselves in the world they seek their inspiration. Video game designers and filmmakers often travel to locales to research for the depiction of an authentic experience. That is then portrayed to the audience, and we swallow it up as truth. Again, the influence of the television screen. I really think this project is going to test me, but hopefully I can rely on the arts that I've practiced so far.
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