Art project to unite artists

ARTISTS and creatives are encouraged to participate in the Block Project.

Mike McFadyean, the Project curator, said, “Block Projects have been done before in all shapes and forms so this is not a new idea. However, we feel that we can give the idea a fresh contemporary twist by creating an installation that visually expresses the spirit of Intellectual Property concept.”

Artists will not pay for the block, but they will use their own materials for the artwork and once the block is returned to the organisers, it will become one of the pixels in a large image. The large image is expected to be part of the Intellectual Property 2017.

“We feel this installation expresses visually that the heart of Intellectual Property is about a celebration of creativity,” he said.

The installation will be sold either as total work, or individually as separate blocks. The funds raised from the sales will go towards funding a similar project in 2018 and hopefully expand the idea further. “Basically, artists are donating their artwork to this project. Each artist will be fully credited using a spreadsheet system so that people will know who did each work,” said McFadyean.

Intellectual Property is an annual exhibition convened by Umcebo Design. It is aimed at showcasing creativity, art and craft in Durban and surrounding areas.

For more information about the Block Project, contact Robin Opperman on 083 7933 408.