My Art Festival ! Last year, I received a notification from the Rockland Art Festival that my work had been selected. According to the organizer's regulations, I had to pay the participation fee of $25 by January 9. However, I did not receive an invoice by the evening of January 8, so I sent an email to the organizer. There was no reply until the due date. So I asked for confirmation by email again, but there was still no reply. But, perhaps by coincidence, I saw an invoice from a place with a similar name to that festival(Flag of Rockland county), and I made a deposit there by mistake (I had paid the participation fee to this organization for participating in the 2020 festival,too). After depositing, I did not receive a confirmation message, so I sent an email requesting confirmation again. I was unaware of this fact, and it was not until the 18th that the organizers answered me that they had already sent an invoice and canceled my participation because the fee by due date had been unpaid. I sent an email detailing the situation, but I don't know what will happen—still waiting for results. Right now, the festival starts tomorrow. The email was not classified as spam, and I did not receive any invoices or cancellation notices, but time passed while I was only checking in the middle. No matter how hard I try, I suddenly resent myself when I encounter this kind of problem. Should I have pushed more? What did I do wrong? Should I have been faster? I also feel the fear that the email system decides everything. If a mail accident occurs, the individual will give all faults. How should I deal with that? I have participated in open calls so far, but it is always unfamiliar. (I also participated in this festival in 2020, but there was same invoice issue at that time.) I had a good experience while participating in the festival at that time. It was when everyone struggled alone under a pandemic situation, so seeing other people's work give me some comforts. I want to participate this year with high expectations, but the above problem occurred, so I think I should only publish my work here. Sorry for my work. Should I have been wiser? This work is digital art titled "Fish and Aquarium." The background fish images in above digital work are painted with acrylic before. Seven fish are swimming with their tails biting. The fish in the canvas have lots of liberty. But what if they can't go their way and have to be controlled and manipulated by others? For example, if you are trapped in an aquarium. Why did these trapped fish never attempt to escape? When we see fish in an aquarium, we always a kind of guilty feelings. It is a beautiful decoration and safe-looking aquarium, but it is a place of survival like a war for some fish. There is a Korean animation that deals with the same theme. The movie was released in 2012 and is titled "Padak." "Padak Padak" is the Korean onomatopoeia for the sound the fish makes waving and moving on the boat when they were caught and poured. The escape of the sea mackerel from the sushi restaurant begins! A mackerel from the sea that freely parted in the sea "Padak Padak." One day, he gets caught in a net and enters the aquarium of a sushi restaurant. The oldest surviving "old halibut" where death was predestined. He is a powerful fish, another fish trusted from the fish farm by pretending to be dead, his secret for survival. The peace of the aquarium is disrupted due to "flopping", who tries to escape without giving up the dream of returning to the sea, and the conflict with "old halibut" grows as time goes by. Meanwhile, the mackerel escapes successfully. (stop for fear of spoilers) Image source by Youtube. Padak Padak, who appears out of the blue in the aquarium, is an immature outsider to other fish that have adapted and live in that place as their everything. Nevertheless, Padak Padak, who tries to escape without giving up on his dream until the end, causes a slight impact wave in the aquarium. The fish, including the sea bream, begin to dream and have hope. Like the butterfly effect, it shows how big a person's dreams can make a difference. I trapped sea fish in acrylic, swimming freely in a digital aquarium. However, the fish that dreamed of freedom collide innumerable here and there, looking for a way to escape. Perhaps that's why the fish-shaped aquarium became bumpy. But at some point, such an attempt stops. It is the reason they are getting know that it was useless and began to resign. Many people in this world live with giving up their life even now. they don't try because it's impossible. Then they get locked up again. Even if you comfort yourself by saying, "No, this is a fish," while trapped, it is not a fish. It's just a fish-shaped aquarium. There are thoughts like aquariums that I consider impossible. The process of awakening my limited perspectives seems to be the process of my work. The giant escape was becoming a painter, which was relatively successful. However, if I face many difficulties while drawing, I will feel the limit as if I stand in front of the cliff. If so, how about having my festival while things are like this? So, starting tomorrow, I decided to open my art festival for a week. First, I made a plan and made a timetable. January 22: Introduction of the most impressive debut film January 23: Making roses with playdough for Kids. January 24: Introducing my favorite sold paintings January 25: Introduction to the most memorable exhibition January 26: Introduction of the most meaningful work among recent works January 27: Drawing animals with kids January 28: Last festival day, 6-days festival summary My Art Festival Schedule January 22: Introduction of the most impressive debut film January 23: Making roses with playdough for kids January 24: Introducing my favorite sold paintings January 25: Introduction to the most memorable exhibition January 26: Introduction of the most meaningful work among recent works January 27: Drawing animals with kids January 28: Last festival day, 6-days festival summary As I write this, I feel something interesting. I think that my troubled mind over the registration fee is being healed. Finally, below, I write a quote to encourage myself. "I don't expect everybody to like me. If you try to please everybody, by changing your position and your personality everytime. You do lose a little bit of yourself. - Nancy Grace"
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