“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist…” – Pablo Picasso. As so eloquently… Read more “Copying the Masters” Series – Artist Statement
Author: Alex Garcia Topete
Hybrid Professional: Writer-Filmmaker+Insights Architect. Feminist. Environmentalist. Humanist.
Creation in Chaos
How to understand the semiotic determination of a work of art, particularly considering the interactive quality of art itself? While… Read more Creation in Chaos
Experiencing Quantum Aesthetics
How to define the interaction between an observer and a work of art, not only in cases in which the… Read more Experiencing Quantum Aesthetics
Playing to Perception
How to understand and measure the artistic dimension of manipulating an existing work of art, which belonged to meanings of… Read more Playing to Perception
The Flow of Artistic Expression
How to explain and understand Tavares Strachan’s The Distance Between What We Have and What We Want (2005-2006), a work… Read more The Flow of Artistic Expression
Mindful Machines
How to understand the nature of artistic creation when the author does not belong to the human experience, but rather… Read more Mindful Machines
The Story Justifies the Means: the Ethics of Manipulation in ‘Stories We Tell’
How to understand the ethical value of a documentary such as Sarah Polley’s Stories We Tell (2012), which focuses more… Read more The Story Justifies the Means: the Ethics of Manipulation in ‘Stories We Tell’
Sex: The Addiction That Can’t Save the Stars
On November 27 of 2009, golf legend Tiger Woods totaled his SUV after smashing it against a tree outside his… Read more Sex: The Addiction That Can’t Save the Stars
Payback vs. Payback: Fim Noir & Noir Films
Is “film noir” just a style, or is it a genre of its own? This is the question that most… Read more Payback vs. Payback: Fim Noir & Noir Films
De Filosofía y “El Extranjero”
“El Extranjero” del francés Albert Camus es una obra contundente y sumamente profunda gracias a su simplicidad. La obra narra… Read more De Filosofía y “El Extranjero”
