ART AND DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
An unplanned journey- an upbringing in the UN International community in war-torn Afghanistan, becoming an Architect, Artist, Fashion and Jewellery designer has been Lakshmi’s path into the world of design.
A psychological immersion into the realms of memories, culture, community, personal and relative histories, her work explores the intersection of Art, Science and Philosophy, the precept that every creation or invention builds on existing concepts and discoveries made through the ages. It reflects the evolution of the myriad influences that interact with our sensory spectrum of sight, smell, sound, feeling and thought; It is the overlay of the new on old foundations, the dichotomy of the dependence and independence of an idea, thought and creation.
Mathematicians have grappled with shapes, spending years finding ways and means to draw them, calculate their areas and volumes, connect these patterns to those seen in nature. Each craft influences the other and owes its existence to the numerous processes and contributions of all manner of peoples, their cultures and traditions. As a result, the artist has benefited from every new scientific invention and discovery. The past and present are linked inextricably to the future. For example, Italian Renaissance architect Filippo Brunelleschi was the first to master perspective; he developed the concepts behind the adherence of linear perspective to a vanishing point in the early fifteenth century: the mathematics of art and the foundation for all future artists.
People draw influences from the same sources, those of interaction, communication, interaction and travel, which results in the synchronicity of thought. Examples of this would be Newton and Leibniz’s simultaneously development of a whole new branch of mathematics dealing with change, unaware that Indian mathematician Bhaskaracharya’s findings predated theirs by five centuries. Without all this knowledge and their dependence on discoveries made before and after by numerous scientists, philosophers, and artists, none of the design, communication systems, and technology we see today would exist.
Similarly, the fashion designer creates trendsetting collections that owe the creators of spinning, weaving and printing, and the Architect to the developers of masonry, maths, and structural systems.
As an artist, Lakshmi creates with what feels intuitive, but with an acute awareness and due respect to knowledge rooted in what she has learnt and imbibed from her own experiences of interactions, travel, and reading. Her emphasis is on cross-cultural influences that break down communication barriers, bring art to life, can be interacted with, and is easily understood. Her art is the integration of research-based layers of visual information used to communicate underlying thoughts. Just as the writer gathers information from many sources, organizes and edits it before presenting it in a distinctive voice, her art finds context in the present, is a non-literal and unexpected interpretation of ideas and philosophies. It may take time to unravel its levels of hidden secrets and metaphors, which aim to stir curiosity and to make the discovery all the more gratifying for the viewer once revealed.
Art cannot speak for itself without explanation: its value lies in the artist’s expression and thoughts in the making of it. To eliminate ambiguity, she uses every medium available to make explicit with explanatory animations, videos and written material, her ideas and interpretations. The intent is to draw viewers to her point of view and take away their understanding, as with all belief systems.
A psychological immersion into the realms of memories, culture, community, personal and relative histories, her work explores the intersection of Art, Science and Philosophy, the precept that every creation or invention builds on existing concepts and discoveries made through the ages. It reflects the evolution of the myriad influences that interact with our sensory spectrum of sight, smell, sound, feeling and thought; It is the overlay of the new on old foundations, the dichotomy of the dependence and independence of an idea, thought and creation.
Mathematicians have grappled with shapes, spending years finding ways and means to draw them, calculate their areas and volumes, connect these patterns to those seen in nature. Each craft influences the other and owes its existence to the numerous processes and contributions of all manner of peoples, their cultures and traditions. As a result, the artist has benefited from every new scientific invention and discovery. The past and present are linked inextricably to the future. For example, Italian Renaissance architect Filippo Brunelleschi was the first to master perspective; he developed the concepts behind the adherence of linear perspective to a vanishing point in the early fifteenth century: the mathematics of art and the foundation for all future artists.
People draw influences from the same sources, those of interaction, communication, interaction and travel, which results in the synchronicity of thought. Examples of this would be Newton and Leibniz’s simultaneously development of a whole new branch of mathematics dealing with change, unaware that Indian mathematician Bhaskaracharya’s findings predated theirs by five centuries. Without all this knowledge and their dependence on discoveries made before and after by numerous scientists, philosophers, and artists, none of the design, communication systems, and technology we see today would exist.
Similarly, the fashion designer creates trendsetting collections that owe the creators of spinning, weaving and printing, and the Architect to the developers of masonry, maths, and structural systems.
As an artist, Lakshmi creates with what feels intuitive, but with an acute awareness and due respect to knowledge rooted in what she has learnt and imbibed from her own experiences of interactions, travel, and reading. Her emphasis is on cross-cultural influences that break down communication barriers, bring art to life, can be interacted with, and is easily understood. Her art is the integration of research-based layers of visual information used to communicate underlying thoughts. Just as the writer gathers information from many sources, organizes and edits it before presenting it in a distinctive voice, her art finds context in the present, is a non-literal and unexpected interpretation of ideas and philosophies. It may take time to unravel its levels of hidden secrets and metaphors, which aim to stir curiosity and to make the discovery all the more gratifying for the viewer once revealed.
Art cannot speak for itself without explanation: its value lies in the artist’s expression and thoughts in the making of it. To eliminate ambiguity, she uses every medium available to make explicit with explanatory animations, videos and written material, her ideas and interpretations. The intent is to draw viewers to her point of view and take away their understanding, as with all belief systems.
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