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What inspired LeSeur? Compare what motivates you to create meaning in your work.

LeSeur is inspired by using her own body as a source and language. The killings of Black People in America also inspire her. What I find interesting was that when she realized that reflecting trauma back was causing more pain. She switched to using a more nuanced practice making room for tenderness, joy, and love even in the midst of grief. What motivates me is exploring the ideas of innovation itself and how that changes our understanding of reality and society. I focus more on the idea of Superpowers thanks to the AI wave affecting society on a global scale faster than we can figure out its ethics.

How does your choice of material, process, aesthetic, content, etc. reinforce your message?

I'm using Superpowers as the material for it as a metaphor for AI advancement. We gain powers without considering ethics and morality. If the world is constantly shifting with new rules and ethics than it reflects uncertainty about the future and our survival as a human species. The aesthetic would focus more on the future of how our society would function based on these new innovations.

Quote 1:

"In most cases, I’m working with two primary colors: blue and red. These colors first came to me as symbols of a freedom I couldn’t quite grasp or manifest."

 

I find Red and Blue to be unique when it comes to the symbols of freedom. I mean in real life Red is synonymous for Passion and Action while also Rebellious. Anarchy and socialism is an example of using symbols like these. For Blue it's responsibility, loyalty, and trust. Liberalism is an example of this as well especially for Sonic as blue is represented for freedom.

Quote 2: 

"If something is slowed down and repeated, does this open up a synonymous space where two experiences can coexist, and does that in turn allow for the viewer to become an active participant in the work it takes to be present with themselves and with another person in that space?"

 I find this really difficult to grasp but I can say that if you slow down and repeat then it opens up the coexistence of two experiences at once for the artwork. You must feel the presence of yourself and another person in that space almost like having some sense of connection in order to understand.