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Tag: Art
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Baobab Media Visual Artist Feature: Viktart
“Find a beautiful piece of art…fall in love…admire it…and realize that that was created by human beings just like you, no more human, no less.” // Maya Angelou
Letting Go/Viktart Who are you?
My name is Viktart Mwangi. I am a fine artist.How do you represent yourself with your work?
I am a doer of things. From simple illustrations on paper to Murals.
A Rhino reimagined/Viktart How did you get in to visual art?
It’s something I’ve done since I was young by watching my dad draw. Later on I decided to make a career out of it.
Stepping out in Courage/Viktart What is/are your inspirations?
Beauty and emotions inspire me.
Crossroads/Viktart What do you get out of it?
A sense of self worth and purpose. I aspire to get to a level where my work changes/influences the way people define creativity.
The KCB Lion/Viktart What kind of challenges have you or do you face?
Perception. What people think I do versus what I think I do.
Tanscendence/Viktart What’s your day to day like?
I compress everything that needs my attention between 6am and 6pm. At night I shut off.
Letting Go/Viktart Any parting thoughts?
Do I need one, seeing that we’ll meet so many times…I just live, I don’t have a quote I live by.
King of the Jungle/Viktart What do you think of Fundi Vik’s work? Share with us your thoughts.
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Listen
To be a music critic, as I most recently learned, you have to be an active listener; which is far from what most of us do. The millennial generation use music as a background to daily activities, treating music as a statement wall holding holding a priceless piece of art. Though, both are important to the whole presentation, music takes the supporting role.
Diversity is also key, listen to the likes of Nina Simone, Bob Marley, Kenny weissberg, Kenny Rogers,Art Taylor (the drummer 1970’s), Prince, Maurice Ravel(orchestral) ,L.L. Cool J. (obsessed) just to name a few names in the different genres of music that rocked the charts ,waaay before I could say ‘legendary’. Challenge your taste, don’t be fooled though, I haven’t listened to all of them but I plan to sample their lyricism and rhythm.
Taio and Karun performing during EA Wave and friends. Copyright Felixie Laurens Rhythm and lyricism. This to me is the icing, rhythm is everything. Rhythm is physical, it is the difference between dabbing, tapping,jamming, or even slow dancing. Movement. Lyricism on the other hand is soul and emotions. It provokes love, happiness, sadness, or dé·jà vu. All these vital to daily human living given the fact that music is ‘key to the soul’ :corny as it sounds I believe.
So the next time you try to figure out if a record is good or not, for one, really listen, allow yourself to feel and understand the lyricism and lyricist.
Jazz Festival at Kasarani. Copyright Felixie Laurens -
WILD INTRO
Tell Me About Yourself
If anything, this must be the worst question I have ever had to encounter as an introvert, but no one would believe that I am one, given that my social media platform has gained traction for quite a while now and so the world assumes I am social. Half the time I lack talking points while on the other hand, I prefer getting lost in my thoughts, visualizing them… ‘she’ is always aloof. Why? Well, I don’t appreciate being in touch with reality since our world is so painful to look at and be a part of, I am talking about the greed for power, money, acknowledgement etc. Then why not survive on a fantasy and focus on not being wiped out and turning into a memory?
I am a 21 year old artist (Wild_Child) from the capital, Nairobi, Kenya. Well, some would prefer the term creative but I wouldn’t want to be labelled since my art is all that matters than who I am. It’s more about the impact and inspiration that follows my craft that makes me want to be acknowledged as an artist. I however categorize my art to be experimental since I learn and discover new things almost everyday. What I do? Sometimes I don’t even know ha! But I could say that I am an aspiring creative director set out to make you trip balls over the simple things in life that are regularly ignored.
My collective, though not official, try to address our daily lives by simply envisioning various series according to a specific theme, be it duality, gender fluidity, contrast etc and try to tell a visual narrative through images and hopefully into short films much later. But that’s the artist, that’s not who I am.
Hi! I am Alexis Nereah and I am struggling not to disappear 🙂
Photography + Make Up : Nyokabi Mwaura
Accessories : Indigene
Muse : Randy Gowon + Alexis Nereah
