Aleksandra Moraś in collaboration with Aphra Shemza & Stuart Batchelor
Niepokój 3, 2020
Unique print for the Art in Flux Archive Collection
40 x 50cm
This artwork was created by Aleksandra Moraś using shemza.digital, an interactive Digital painting tool, created by Aphra Shemza and Stuart Batchelor. It is part of the archive of participant contributions stored online.
In 1962, Anwar Shemza created the painting ‘One to Nine and One to Seven’, inscribed with the quote above in Urdu. In shemza.digital Aphra Shemza & Stuart Batchelor use this as a starting point to continue Shemza’s aesthetic exploration and highlight the importance of migrant artists in British Art History to decolonise the artworld. By creating shemza.digital, a new online and interactive artwork, they ask the public to join them on this journey by creating their own digital paintings in the style of Anwar Jalal Shemza, creating a space for contemplation and artistic activity that is free and accessible to all.
In 1962, Anwar Shemza created the painting ‘One to Nine and One to Seven’, inscribed with the quote above in Urdu. In shemza.digital Aphra Shemza & Stuart Batchelor use this as a starting point to continue Shemza’s aesthetic exploration and highlight the importance of migrant artists in British Art History to decolonise the artworld. By creating shemza.digital, a new online and interactive artwork, they ask the public to join them on this journey by creating their own digital paintings in the style of Anwar Jalal Shemza, creating a space for contemplation and artistic activity that is free and accessible to all.
About the artists:
Aphra Shemza
https://www.aphrashemza.com/ | @aphrashemza
Aphra Shemza is a UK-based multimedia artist. She is the granddaughter of the well-known abstract painter Anwar Jalal Shemza. Inspired by her grandfather, her work explores Modernism, her Islamic cultural heritage, sustainable practice and creating art for all. As an artist and activist, she finds ambitious ways to fuse methodologies from the past with new innovations in technology to imagine what the role of art could be in the future.
Shemza has been commissioned by and worked with: Barbican, Tate Britain, V&A, National Gallery X, British Library, Arts Council of England, Canary Wharf Group, Louis Roederer, Save The Children, Morley College, Winter Lights Festival, The Other Art Fair, Electronic Virtual Arts Conference, Ars Electronica Festival, Xi’an Maker Faire, The Courtauld Institute, Times, Telegraph, London Live, Time Out, FAD Magazine, GQ, Tower Eastbourne, Poole Museum, Norden Farm, Watermans, NCCA, Bournemouth University, Kensington + Chelsea Art Week, Coventry City Council, Art in Flux, Woodcraft Folk, DINA, The Margate School and The Festival of Curiosity. |
Stuart Batchelor
https://www.sfbatchelor.com/ | @sfbatchelor_
Stuart Batchelor is a software artist who combines computer graphics and creative coding with drawing and painting to make captivating visuals, applications and installations.
Utilising a fusion of rich textures, dynamic compositions and vibrant colours, Batchelor’s style delves into the space between computer and human, gestural and algorithmic. He continuously looks to apply his foundation in building experimental software to new mediums and with new collaborators. His work often centers around themes of the subconscious, creativity, modernity and our emotional response to art, patterns and structure. Parallel to his artwork, Batchelor actively publishes research on enhancing creativity with computation - developing tools and technology alongside art that aid in the expressive potential of computers. |