The ,,Dreamy" project opens up questions or provides answers about the truth of human condition in time and space, shown through the methodology of the scientific-artistic language, trying to ennoble people’s life, by lifting it into boundless time spaces and into some other, more caring, but also more conscious perceptions. The emphasis in the paintings and drawings of the ,,Deep Park" projects is on environmental awareness and beauty of city parks.
National
North Macedonia
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It addresses urban-rural linkages
It refers to a physical transformation of the built environment (hard investment)
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No
Yes
2022-12-01
As an individual
First name: Vangel Last name: Kodjoman Gender: Male Nationality: orth Macedonia Address (country of permanent residence for individuals or address of the organisation)<br/>Street and number: Zhivko Chingo 5 Town: Skopje Postal code: 1000 Country: North Macedonia Direct Tel:+389 70 243 796 E-mail:vangel@kodjoman.com Website:https://kodjoman.com/
The project ,,Deep Park" consists of featured twenty works, paintings and drawings in different formats, made in the technique of acrylic and oil on canvas, and colored pencil and marker on paper. The structure in the projects/works is built through the methodology of the scientific-artistic language, inspired by the environment, through an interdisciplinary combination of different inspirations/knowledge by connecting the artistic (visual) elements and principles in the themes from which the content of the works is built.
Belief
Science
Balance
Altruism
Beautiful
Like any other artist/human, the need for personal sustainability led me and leads me to undertake the effort of personal engagement in professional activity, creating lasting works of art values. According to the principle of unity between theory and practice, I continuously and successively improved/improve my artistic practices. In order to carry out the project, social-societal cooperation was needed, with people from several professions, throughout the entire process and time during the creation of the works and their implementation. Opinions, services and goods were exchanged, maintaining and enriching the wider social and cultural plan. Hence, by emphasizing the life-social environment as a motive in artistic creation, it is maintained, and encourages the awareness in the cultural plan for the extensive value of nature.
The proximity of the city park and long-term walks in it and through engaged participation in environmental actions over the years, filled/fills my life with inspiring energy. The beauty of that diversity of togetherness exerted a positive influence in the themes and colors of my art. That beauty of coexistence from/for nature, made a reconnection with inspiring places and people, created feelings of quality/positive experiences of sharing and integrating new lasting cultural and social values.
The project restores feelings and beauty for nature and reconnects people with the environment and the benefits that derive from its comprehensiveness.
The ,,Dreamy" project by/and ,,Deep Park" ennobles. The themes and expressive forms in the works are balanced, created through the spiritual filter of depth, with love for all human generations, nature and beyond.
The implementation of the project/exhibition was public. Entrance free. The event took place in the ,,Art Hub" Gallery on 01.12.2022 in Skopje, in the city's shopping center. The gallery is modern and has all the standards for proper functioning and movement of visitors. The location for the exhibition was chosen accordingly, the gallery is located in a beautiful place, just a few meters from the botanical garden/terrace of the shopping center, and less than 50 meters from the ,,Woman Fighter" park and the city square.
The exhibition was open and functionally accessible to all visitors, of all nationalities, regardless of religion, affiliation, convictions, persons with disabilities, etc. The setting of the works was for a duration of 10 days (given the possibilities). For the entire duration of the exhibition, I was there, available for explanation and a pleasant conversation with the visitors.
Citizens can feel a new view and understanding of artistic visuality, as an experience of existence, enhancing their personal charm with the language of beautiful. Enjoining and capturing emotions and thoughts through colors, shapes, texture, themes, meanings, conversation, etc, and that will contribute to: Better understanding of the visual world in nature and beyond. Developing and improving the abilities to see and analyze a work of art, perceive their values and gain a deeper insight into life. Raising the level of art culture.
Invitation from ,,Musa International" (musaartspace.it), an art organization that collaborates with galleries, curators, museums, and creates dialogue and promotes contemporary artists), and my participation in the group exhibition and book publication ,,We Contemporary 2022", which were held in Rome at Palazzo Velli.
The impact is in the context of a good intention of giving and exchanging values for the mutual and common good.
In order to be able to successfully implement the ideas and the project, it was necessary for me to invest in people with different professional activities. Investing in initial materials from appropriate art stores, such as: paints, brushes, framing, canvases, other miscellaneous tools, materials. Cooperation with a gallerist and space rental. Designing and printing of posters, brochures. Cooperation with writer and journalists, advertisement. Organizing the transport of the works. Hiring a photographer. Ambient sound. Kettering. Etc.
All the listed participants, through their professional engagement, talent or skills, participated in the circulation economy and gave their contribution to the process and implementation of the project.
Psychomotor and reasoning ability (with training), i.e. talent/skill for painting and drawing.
In the process of research and creation of the projects, I performed a creative sublimation (like any scientist) of inspirations, taking notes on art, magazines, internet pictures, reading different literature and watching documentary shows and films, (various artists, biologists, environmentalists, astrophysicists, activists, etc.)
For the implementation/exhibition of the project, communication skills of cooperation were used, showing good intentions, organization, action, patience, expressing gratitude.
By interdisciplinary combining personal and other scientific knowledge/experiences, I created different artistic forms of visual expression. Connecting different types of disciplines/skills or knowledge creates empathy and enriches consciousness, as new creativity in the social system of interpretations, applications and values.
By applying knowledge and research, through the emphasis on the green view of the world/community, as essentially important, and through professional engagement, I contribute to the art scene by exchanging/empowering cultural and social values. Invitation and interview on umno.mk, one of the most important portals in N. Macedonia from the field of culture.
The visual representation of the project/exhibition caused feelings of aesthetic experiences, which was a prerequisite for further theorizing, that is, practical communication with the audience. Expression of mutual gratitude and impressions in the experience with different audiences, smiles, gratitude, positive criticism of valorization by people from educational activities, as well as support from the representatives of the Citizen's Association ,,Tree Day Macedonia - Plant your future".
It's very difficult, but I highlight painting ,,Dreamy" as innovative character, when compared to mainstream actions of the ,,Deep Park" projects. The works/projects from "Deep Park" (image 6 and others) represent the beauty of nature's aesthetics, through visual poetry, as a creative experience of existence. The work "Dreamy" (image 2) indicates the inclusive beauty of the concept of nature, as an instructive positive criticism and an attitude of awareness, for the sustainability of the environment and people.
I used a mind-body disposition between places and people that inspired me, notes, thoughts, artistic tools and action in the studio. In that way, the conditions were created that helped me to face the new and the unknown in each new painting or drawing. The reasoning factor, which refers to the ability to understand relations, helped me significantly and positively.
With a feeling of gratitude and respect, I allow people from different professions to be inspired and borrow elements from my projects, such as: forms, composition, concept, lines, direction, theory, space, etc. Under the moral condition, that they modify or upgrade them with their authentic creative concept or cooperation, and under the ethical condition, that the concept should be in the direction of ennoblement, with a tendency towards positive feelings and actions.
Morphology of knowledge about art in terms of 1.Sustainability, 2.Aesthetics, 3.Inclusion
• A type of artistic knowledge:
1.Artistic knowledge in a practical sense
2.Artistic knowledge and visual enjoyment in sense
3.Need for artistic knowledge as a critical and analytical facing the concept. Theorization and visuality, through education, self-education, action, and the acquisition of knowledge in the social practices of shaping life.
• Context of artistic knowledge:
1.Craft-technical skill or ability to make, perform or present
2.Psychoanalytic research and establishment of the aesthetic or identification with the beautiful
3.A form of artistic knowledge with pragmatic and liberal goals, critics, analysis, concept, and emancipation of the work of art
The pollution of the eco-system, the violation of traditional moral norms and the disregard for the spiritual principles of life, seem to remove the good from the matrix of human behavior!?
It is inevitable that we humans, will continue to use materials of natural origin in our daily lives.
But it is good that we are aware, that we know and can reduce the use, establish a balance, or apply new renewable sources of action.
After many years of using firewood for heating (house) in the winter months, my family and I managed to change the way we heat, by using an economical electric heat pump. It was difficult but we succeeded.
Continuous volunteering in environmental actions.
As an artist, who adorns wider diversity in his work, I felt/feel need and responsibility to invest effort in several ways to be in harmony with nature.
