Finding Your Creative Voice through Collage
A Fresh Way of Seeing
A course by Hanoch Piven , Mixed Media Artist
About the video: A Fresh Way of Seeing
Overview
“The French philosopher Paul Valery said: “To see is to forget the name of whatever it is we are looking at”. The problem is that our brain does not like to be confused. It tries to quickly define any situation. So we need to trick our brain into confusion, into a new set of rules, but without scaring it too much. A great way of doing it is through PLAY. In this lesson you will encounter playful new ways of looking at the world which expand our awareness to what is around us. ”
In this video lesson Hanoch Piven addresses the topic: A Fresh Way of Seeing , which is part of the Domestika online course: Finding Your Creative Voice through Collage. Discover a playful process to unleash and expand your creativity through the creation of portraits.
Partial transcription of the video
“A FRESH WAY OF SEEING In this lesson we will open a space. that allows us to see better or in a new way what's around us. Paul Valery, the French poet and philosopher, said, "To see is to forget the name of whatever it is we are looking at." What Valery says is that we are much better observers when we don't know but of course is very difficult for our brain to be in a situation in which we don't know. Our brain is afraid of not knowing. This why we are afraid in the dark. So we need to enter a space in which is not scary not to know. We need to trick our brain into being able to live in th...”
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Course summary for: Finding Your Creative Voice through Collage
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Category
Craft, Illustration -
Areas
Arts & Crafts, Collage, Creating with Kids
Hanoch Piven
A course by Hanoch Piven
Hanoch Piven is an award-winning illustrator, educator, and seasoned creative instigator. Piven’s artwork is unique in both form and method. By reinventing the meaning and use of everyday objects he forges associations between these and the subject of his creation.
Piven's art is playful, inclusive, and transformative. Since 1992, Piven's work has been published in newspapers and magazines across the world, such as Time, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, London Times, Der Spiegel, and Israel's Haaretz. Piven is also the author of a series of award-winning children's books and apps, TV shows, interactive exhibitions, and advertising campaigns.
Piven has lectured extensively on creativity and its applications to life in diverse platforms across the world. Amongst them are The Kennedy School of Government at Harvard Business School, Teach for All Global Conference, Duke University, The School of Visual Arts, China Academy of Fine Arts, Art Center of Design, Instituto Europeo di Design, and many more.
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