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artzytalo · 4 years ago

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Sharing some of the work I made while in quarantine (AKA the cocoon) in a new series I call #MadeInQuarantine2020. . Remember when we used to go out to concerts? Yeah, I miss those days too. 🎼 . As the producer and designer of this event, I designed this concert poster for one of my favorite bands, Coldplay, celebrating their album A Head Full of Dreams! The poster reads “Join Coldplay lead a jubilant parade down the colorful streets of Bo Kaap, Cape Town, South Africa! The parade will lead to a sunset rooftop concert at Iziko Bo Kaap Museum, ending the evening. The destination will be decked out in colorful bohemian decor, where fans can congregate to hear more mellow and eclectic music from the band and fist bump along.” 🌅🌊🗻🌴 🎤🎹🥁🎺🎷🎸🪕 . I tried to capture the second half of the event—the mood of the glowing “Pinterest lights” against the summer sunset. Chill vibes welcomed. ✌️😎 The text in the background are the lyrics to their song, Everglow. . On a personal note, this is one of my most abstract and “quiet” pieces I’ve created. . . . #Coldplay #SouthAfrica #CapeTown #BoKaap #music #Bohemian #concert #PaperCut #Summer #sunset #GraphicDesign #Design #Typography #Type #Travel #ExperimentalTypography #poster #ConcertPoster #Fun #Color #Shapes #Texture #Digital #AdobeIllustrator #Illustrator #AdobePhotoshop #Photoshop #GraphicDesignersOnInstagram #artzytalo https://www.instagram.com/p/CK7vpinBFQP/?igshid=yg56gfrlb86w

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justanotherblogct-blog · 7 years ago

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Colourful Cape Town

WHEN ARCHITECTURE SHOWS ITS COLOURS

Bokaap, a vibrant and iconic neighbourhood situated at the foot of Signal Hill has unique and creative, meaningful architecture that brightens up the city with its colour palette. Bokaap area is a firm favourite with tourists and architectural history lovers alike.

Where do all these beautiful bright colours come from and why?

Some people say it all began when the people of Bokaap claimed their homes from the council and expressed their freedom in their own way, and this was through architecture. Some say the use of colour is a celebration of Eid within the Muslim community. It is also known to have been to express the Rainbow Nation.

Between 1790 and 1840 the style of Bokaap emerged. Each house has a similar design, a "stoep", a Dutch or Victorian Style window and Cape Dutch Style door. These homes are required to maintain their facade for heritage and to continue its history.

The beautiful cobbled roads give you a warm feeling as they guide you around the neighbourhood. On a sunny day in Cape Town, you're in for a treat! Buildings bursting with colour, heritage and culture, all brought together through architecture.

Cape Town is a gem and forever growing.

Written by Tarryn Hardwicke

Photos by Calvin Drysdale

#architecture #capetown #colour #blog #archilovers #kaapstad #blogger #bokaap #article

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madamechair · 6 years ago

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There was a lot more in Capetown, of course, those who know me know that I'm in love with Interior Design and all type of ART, and yes, they were important points for me on the trip! But not everything is shared here, isnt it ?! ;) After this wonderful stay in CapeTown, my friends returned to Mozambique and that's where I decided to travel alone to JBurg (one of the most dangerous cities in the world and you never should go alone! And use UBER 24hrs ) BUT I'm blessed to have the most amazing people always on my way!!! And soon I'll tell you some of what happened on this trip ♡ #nofiltersneeded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #capetown #tripaddicted #roadtrip #lifethecity #inspiring #lookbook #bokaap #southafrica #hoteldesign #travel #exotic #trip #naturalbeauty #livethelittlethings #liveauthentic #landscape #doit #visualambassador #p3top #vsco_pt #mymagicalday#keeponmovement #igmasters#happymoments #creative #trip #livethecity#aroundtheworld (em Signal Hill)

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eclecticadesignandart · 7 years ago

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Leila Fanner

Eclectica Design & Art Gallery has the privilege of exhibiting a selection of mixed-media abstract paintings, which present interesting pairings and intimate blends of visual elements in response to the Symbiosis exhibition currently on display.

We found it only fitting to dive a little deeper with the artist in relation to her practice, along with the various processes that inspire her work.

Introducing, Leila Fanner!

Tell us a bit about yourself and where you grew up. What has your creative journey been like so far?

My creative journey is as long as my life so far, it has been one of continually growing and discovering. Inevitably reaching plateaus and facing feelings of failure or defeat, only to rise again determined and wholly committed to my life’s path as an artist.

Back-story: A white South African artist and an African American/Navajo musician met in New York during the 60's. Nine months later, I arrived. I have two sisters (twins) from a different father - Misty-Dawn and Starry-Eve. Born in California and raised in a little town in South Africa, we grew up eating my mom's wholesome organic garden produce and running wild with the creatures on the mountains of Pilgrims Rest.

As a child, I always knew I was an artist, yet I ran away from my vocation - vowing I would not become a "struggling artist" - at the age of 12, having witnessed the struggle of my highly creative, yet economically challenged, single mother.

Despite that vow, I went on to be a crafter, artist and maker of things ever since, driving my dear mother batty with my penchant for cutting up my clothes to re-make them in a funkier way. I sold my first art and craft works at age 10 - papier maché animals, rag dolls and Barbie doll outfits that I enjoyed packaging as much as making ...

You started off working with crafts from quite a young age, did that influence your understanding of materiality and your current work?

Being raised in a creative household with an artist mother, whatever I did as a child was always encouraged and strengthened by attention and guidance. What I do now and where I’m headed in terms of sculpture and other 3 dimensional work with paper and textiles is definitely rooted in my childhood. This focus on creating and thinking laterally about everything, resulted in an inner dialogue about creativity that remained fresh and curious and joyful, despite seeing the financial struggles of my parent.

What is your creative/artistic process?

My current creative processes depend very much on what I happen to be working on at the time. The dominant focus as I work is the quality of my thoughts and the connection to emotion during the creative process.

I always want to create from a place of inspired action or enthusiasm. It is easy to fall into mediocre or even negative and painful thoughts as one works, because art creation is a deeply cathartic experience. Solitude also evokes memories and emotions. It’s a discipline similar to meditation; keeping the focus clear, honest and joyful. This intentional energetic focus, is the unseen 'art' that comes with each piece of work.

If I’m working on figurative and / or illustrative projects, my process involves seeking images and references that relate to specific themes from my internal visions/meditations. These are all psychological and spiritual in nature. I find many of my images online and in my small library of art books and magazines. I do a lot of drawing, sketching and taking ideas to a digital design program like photoshop or in design, so that I can play with sizes and colour palettes. Then I get to painting backgrounds and under-painting with odd colours and creating texture before getting into the depth of the real painting. I love flat plains of colour, as much as I also love layers and transparency…

You spoke about striving to work from an emotional state uninterrupted by intellectual understanding: How do you manage to separate the two and does that become part of the process?

Yes, separating intellect and emotion is an ongoing process as I work. But when I’ve managed to get into the ‘flow’ it is pure joy and feels effortless. Meditating helps, as does yoga and listening to podcasts while I work, to distract my left brain from interfering with what my right brain is channeling through my hands.

What else inspires your work? Do you work according to a particular context?

The context is my own life - both inner and outer - and how I relate to my world through my philosophical/spiritual outlook … I don’t want my work to become political or a social commentary in any direct way, I want my art to feel like a beautiful escape. That is what art is to me.

However, I do believe that as an artist one cannot help reflect in some way what is being perceived and lived through during ones life, due to the possible effects of the socio-political era that you are living through in a specific country.

Can you tell us about your choice of subject matter in your body of work for Symbiosis and how the theme of ‘living together’ may happen in the work.

Well, colour, texture and form are naturally symbiotic as they come together on the canvas. It is this symbiosis that I am realizing as I work on an abstract piece. As much as it may look to an observer to be just a lot of colour and texture, there is a very specific feeling that I intend with each abstract.

Every colour, line, scratch etc is emotionally ‘felt’ before it is put there. It’s a bit like writing a book – you are telling a story. So these elements and mediums and emotions are all symbiotically living in the end result in an energetic field that the viewer ‘feels’ when they look at a piece of art.

What is the motivation behind your choice in materials?

Acrylic for quick drying brush work, layers and often for under-painting. Oils for depth and richer colouration. soft light etc. I prefer to work on wood due to its smooth finish with a slight texture that is unique to wood. I also like sanding, scratching and other mark-making in my paintings, so wood is more suitable for this technique.

What incited your interest in the themes behind Bokaap and Metanoia?

BoKaap and Metanoia were painted around the same time – though very different, they both express my desire to recreate the feeling of spaciousness and otherworldliness of the meditative/semi-conscious state. The closest that I can explain that, is the state just before you fall asleep, but are still thinking – and seeing with your inner eye. Similar to when there is thick mist or fog and it feels as if there could be another world blending into the earthly world we know.

Have you exhibited internationally?

No international exhibits yet – just plenty of international interest.

Ending off, we wish Leila Fanner a prosperous journey ahead! Her body of will be on display until August.

Interview | Eclectica Design & Art | 2017

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