Trevor Aloka Quotes
born 1997
Trevor Aloka (born 1997) is a Ugandan multimedia artist.
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At least every artist I know is creating art as a form of advocacy for something. It could be politics, the environment, or humanity.
My work is about celebrating resilience, hardship and the beauty that is embedded in those things
As an artist, your voice becomes louder if you’re championing a certain cause
I acknowledge the fact that an artist can be more than a creator of art, but also become an audience for another artist’s work
African art is now recognised globally because African Contemporary artists have moved away from the ideology of making art only for art’s sake
As an artist I believe that if I create solely for my immediate people, I will be in my own cocoon
If one asked me this question five years ago, I would say I am a self-taught artist, but now I will say, I am a progressive artist.
I make art as a way of understanding the world around me
I don’t think there’s anything original in art making because everything we’re communicating has already been communicated before, probably in different ways
I understand Contemporary African Art as the art of now—the present
Documentation is a major part of the way I create art and during the process of capturing or collecting different materials for my work
Yes, art needs society to exist because if it doesn’t, then why should artists create in the first place? Everything around us is raw material for art
On the part of why an audience is important, I think it plays an important role in being a source of inspiration for the artist as they create
It is critical that people in our locales understand what we’re doing, in order for us to thrive, but this should never be the end goal of our practice