Definitely I believe in passion, that feeling of being bigger than oneself that catches you and doesn´t let you go. But equaly important, beyond technical skills, I believe is to find, to complete and to traslate an idea into something physicaly successful. This ability to do this successfully afterall is a fluid, articulated, rich and coherent language.
In my case, the absurd idea of living my life to something completely useless (in practical sense), feeds my passion everyday, it´s like to dedicate the life to a game, where I play two diferent roles, clown or joker. The art uses me and I use the art. And that´s fascinating for me.
I like to think that this game moves me, simple, naive, without pretensions to give a moral lesson to my community, even I like to think I don´t care my comunity. I like to think the art like a crazy idea of somebody who didn´t have anything to do, and like someonther person who considers having crazy ideas, an important activity.
But that is a half truth, I´m an art professional, I have a system, controled skills, I follow a process and I pursue a specific language that is fed by local events. In fact I´m not the irony´s owner, I think the irony is a very mexican feeling, We´re fixated with it, we live the irony. I don´t know, maybe like you, the northamericans with the feeling of freedom .
Definitivamente creo en la pasión, esa sensación más grande que uno que te atrapa y jamás te deja ir. Pero e igual de importante, mas allá de capacidades técnicas, creo en la capacidad para encontrar, completar, y traducir una idea en algo físicamente exitoso. Esa capacidad que luego te permite hacer de un conjunto de resultados exitosos un lenguaje fluido, articulado, rico y coherente.
En mi caso, la absurda idea de dedicar mi vida a algo completamente inútil (en un sentido práctico), alimenta mi pasión todos los dias, es como dedicar mi vida a un juego, donde me toca un doble rol, paso de ser el payaso al burlón. El arte me usa y yo uso el arte. Y eso me parece fascinante.
Me gusta pensar que es sólo eso lo que me mueve, simple y naif, sin pretenciones de dar una lección moral a mi comunidad, de hecho me gusta pensar que ni siquiera me importa mi comunidad, me gusta pensar que el arte es una loca idea de alguién que no tenía nada que hacer y como otra persona consideró una importante ocupación hacer ideas locas.
Pero esa es una verdad a medias, soy un profesional del arte, tengo un sistema, tengo habilidades controladas, sigo un proceso y persigo un discurso que se nutre de acontecimientos locales. De hecho la ironía no me pertenece, es creo, un sentimiento muy mexicano, nosotros estamos obsesionados con la ironía, vivimos la ironía. No sé, quizá como ustedes viven el sentimiento de libertad.
Oscar Cueto
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Hey Oscar- Thanks for posting this. I think on many levels something that we all learn in the art world is that there is a lot to be negotiated; that there are many, in a sense, "games to play", but that its your dedication that often times help you along the way, well and i think your openess to new experiences. like this project for example, it has been a bit of a risk to put your self out there and say what you think and post stuff about yourself, but really its just a first experience connecting outside of your own "world" as it will be something you will find of great importance later on.
-- Frederick
years and years i took the choice of putting my skill to a test when i was little. it was competition that some how blended into something i eventually found to be "my" style. It's not an easy task but it always comes out to a certain way and i realize that this is how i see everything and this is how i really think with any everyday activity i come accross. it's not only art but my thought processes layed out on a serface. It's hidden with a million words torwards how i see the world not just the view of some girl sitting down or a woman and her two children. I feed on passion and i've realized it only comes to me at the most quiet times.
- roberta
Osacar , i agree deeply with your post . What you say finds truth in my life as im sure ein many others . It is a great honor to be part of a larger art community . And finding this connection through this virtual residency is amazing . i think this is one of the great oversites of our new generation . the ability to connect through art aswell as literature online.
-Martin
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