The Artist Project: a feast for the

eyes and heart 

Have you ever visited a warehouse full of ideas, ingenuity and truly new artistic concepts? zeeBigBang has – and it’s called The Artist Project.

Now in its sixth year, The Artist Project, features more than 200 artists from Canada and around the world and it continues to provide the answer to: “What is Art?

The Google dictionary defines Art as: The expression or application of human creativity skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture.”  The Artist Project’s definition is much more profound with its rich textures, varied materials, boundless colours and endless array of skill and technique. A veritable feast for the eyes and heart.

Every piece of art on display tells a story. It’s easy to feel like a child eavesdropping on the worldly adventures of artists through their work on exhibit.  An enchanting experience.

Undeniably every artist has his or her personal muse to thank. Each piece of work is crafted as an intimate expression of emotion, reflection and experience.

It is nearly impossible for visitors of The Artist Project to drink fully from such an enormous cup of beauty, insight, wisdom and delight of the senses.

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Deco Dawson Gets Inside the Creative and Bizarre Mind of Artist, Jean Benoît

Deco Dawson’s film, Keep A Modest Head, is a biographical documentary focusing on the life of artist, Jean Benoît, the last official member of the Surrealist group.

The film, which premiers at the Toronto International Film Festival this weekend, is itself a surreal experience within within the mind of Benoît. Keep A Modest Head features rare audio recordings and film footage taken in Benoît’s studio in Paris.

zeeBigBang spoke with Dawson on the making of his film and what it was like to get such intimate access to Benoît.

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Fogo Island Arts

Fogo Island Arts Corp. is the ambitious transformation of Fogo Island into an arts centre with six contemporary art venues for artists, musicians, writers, filmmakers and curators.

Fogo Island Arts Corp. ist die erfolgreiche Transformation der Fogo Island hin zu einem Kunstzentrum mit sechs „contemporary art“ Stätten für Künstler, Musiker, Schriftsteller, Filmproduzenten und Kuratoren.

Located off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, Fogo Island Arts was established by the Shorefast Foundation  in 2008 and is set to be completed by 2013. Four of the futuristic-looking venues have already been built with two more on the way. zeeBigBang spoke with German Nicolaus Schafhausen, the Strategic Director of Fogo Island Arts.

Fogo Island Arts, nahe der Küste von Neufundland und Labrador gelegen, wurde von der Shorefast Foundation im Jahre 2008 gegründet und soll 2013 fertig gestellt werden. Vier der futuristischen Stätten wurden bereits gebaut und zwei weitere sind in Planung. zeeBigBang sprach mit dem deutschen Nicolaus Schafhausen, Strategic Director of Fogo Island Arts.

On the top: “Long Studio” by http://www.shorefast.org/?page_id=1058, on the bottom: “Tower Studio” and on the right: “Squish Studio,” both by Ryan William Lockwood

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NXNE Interactive: The Rise of the ‘Artistpreneur’

We’re wrapping up our NXNE Interactive coverage with some more insider tips from last week’s panels.

Here is some helpful advice from rapper D-Sisive, musician Matt Fullbrook and entrepreneur Jayson Gaignard from their panel, The Rise of the ‘Artistpreneur.’

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