I still had ingrained in me a possibly misdirected kind of hatred for the elitism of academia and lots of philosophies that are prevalent in the society we live within. So to circumvent this or perhaps find truth in it, I have started to attend ARTALK cafe's organized for nights by the UQ Philosopher and the curators of Switch gallery Dr. Gilbert Burgh and his partner Leanne Vincent. We speak about philosophy and art in a group kind of communitive inquiry that exclude no-one. I must admit both my preconceived assumptions regarding academics and the Ipswich suburb itself are already fading into a memory of error.
We are looking for a kind of respect and understanding for other people's views and interpretations of our affairs. Hence it has been fueling and playing into my own series of abstracts that embrace an existentialist type of personal touch and interpretation of our environments. From this ideas community and the mindset that underpins the desire to comprehend other people's reasoning, Lucy Somerville (my housemate) and I will create an illustrated book for children that is neither didactic nor trivial but shows concepts like context and the independent human necessity to associate images and experiences with meaning. It will be implicitly set in the West End community.
Furthermore I am hoping to expand on the concept through some kind of series of coinciding abstract art exhibitions and public discussions about the desire to relate images that are intentionally disassociated from reality back to real concepts and images. Are these concepts themselves abstract? Is abstract even a REAL idea?..... I think I've lost myself already. In future projects I hope to find myself and work with others. Will keep this up to date.
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