Ambiposiosis Interview - Emily Cross

1. What does art mean to you?

Keeping your eyes open, even when they're closed.

2. Does art have spiritual resonance in today's society at large?

Society at large. I think that it does- if not momentarily. I think of people like Alex Grey or Olafur Eliasson. That piece "The weather project" was very spiritual for some people who went to see it. It was transportive, powerful, engulfing. Or Robert Irwin- the way he speaks about perception is sort of spiritual. Lots of people view art in that realm to begin with; something mystical -one has looked within oneself to pull these things out. That alone is spiritual, I think. Or something.

3. What is the most rewarding aspect of your creativity?

Following these lines that get started. It's extremely interesting where your subconscious leads you around. Usually I don't realize it until much later down the line. I'll look at separate pieces I have made and realize they have so much to do with one another, and I feel like I have learned a thing or two about myself somehow. It's a surprising phenomena....gets me every time. It is around art that I find myself entering important (to me) conversations. I love that aspect of creation as well- engaging with people who want to know why on Earth you have done something.

4. Do we lack cohesiveness as artistic entities whilst creating outside of any said "ism"?

I asked one of my professors who has been teaching for many years what he has noticed about each group of students as the years have passed, if anything. He said, "You all seem so all-over-the-place. Increasingly scatter-brained...or maybe just excited. Everyone thinks they can do everything all the time; and you all are right. You can! I think it is the internet."Um..well, I don't know. I think that it's a big assumption to say that we all lack cohesiveness as artistic entities. Maybe we are- but I think it is safe to say that it is more accepted than ever before. I don't think stamps are important.

5. People are collaborating without ever actually meeting each other, are we spawning a neo-renaissance in art?

Maybe. I don't think I have enough distance or age to have an opinion.

6. Class is insignificant when creative spirit is involved, is the artist beyond the class divide?

mm'hmm

7. What is most important to you?

Doing what I want. Making other people happy and love me. Loving people.

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There are some people who emit positive energy and seem to effortlessly edify everyone around them. Do you know what I mean? Emily Cross' photography refreshes the mind and speaks directly to the spirit.

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Michellle Villareal - Ambiposiosis Interview

1. What does art mean to you?

Art is the expression of you and your perceptions

2. Does art have spiritual resonance in today's society at large?

People don't care about art, except the artists themselves

3. What is the most rewarding aspect of your creativity?

Sharing is caring
4. Do we lack cohesiveness as artistic entities whilst creating outside of any said "ism"?

Like feminism, or sexism? what about occultism, that one is up and coming

5. People are collaborating without ever actually meeting each other, are we spawning a neo-renaissance in art?

The internet is neo-renaissance then. Is that where people meet?

6. Class is insignificant when creative spirit is involved, is the artist beyond the class divide?

There is a sense of human coherence within the artistic realm. Art is too colorful of an entity for human color to matter to us. But I guess this is an issue about class, not race, right? There are people who succeed as artists solely because of their class connections, but I feel that successful artists go beyond money and create out of desire to create in reaction to the society they are a part of. Art should no longer be dictated by the big white penises of the renaissance. Art history is always in the present, without denying the past of course, but the western past is pretty boring.

7. What is most important to you?

Life and death and the afterlife.

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Chino Amobi - Ambiposiosis Interview

1. What does art mean to you?

to me, art is awareness. and when one is aware one is empowered.
art is a gift, and a voice for the voiceless.

2. Does art have spiritual resonance in today's society at large?

I believe that it does and i believe that it always has. that is the power of symbols. To speak specifically of our contemporary world, I think that one can hear and see the spiritual resonance in the music and art that is being made by innumerable people across the globe. a great deal of this art is being uploaded to the internet where it can be virtually and psychically exchanged. We are finally accepting that no one owns information. I definitely think that society at large is waking up to the undeniable.

3. What is the most rewarding aspect of your creativity?

I love when my work directs me towards like minded people who I can collaborate with and forge a community,
both online and in the physical. I also love it when someone tells me that my work gives them hope.

4. Do we lack cohesiveness as artistic entities whilst creating outside of any said "ism"?

You know a couple years back, I used to think that, especially within the context of post-modern dissolution. However, now I feel that this absence of an ism is strengthening our understanding of ourselves and others by decreasing our xenophobia as artists. In other words, the lack of isms and limits have expanded our source bank, thus, empowering our communal palette at large.

5. People are collaborating without ever actually meeting each other, are we spawning a neo-renaissance in art?

Yes. It is an exciting and unprecedented time to be making art. it the enlightened words of ghetto caviar
THE TIME IS NOW

6. Class is insignificant when creative spirit is involved, is the artist beyond the class divide?

definitely. creative genius does not discriminate. James Hampton was a prolific black janitor who built religious art from scavenged materials. James Hampton The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations’ Millennium General Assembly ca. 1950-1964

7. What is most important to you?

the will of God

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