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Hathor’s Tribe: Who is your muse, who inspires you?
My muse has always been those with a mind of their own, and the will to both.
Hathor’s Tribe: Are you a visual artist, writer, musician or film maker?
My main focus today is on visual art, i.e. photography. My first foray into this field was through “theme of your own choice” in High school. Later I studied fine art; painting. Over time I got a formal education in set design at 'The Norwegian Academy of Stage Art'. I have been working with audio and image processing within various formats since I left the Academy. I’ve done video for various concert performances, and have been working with sampling, loops and ambient audio for two different band projects.
Hathor’s Tribe: Do you work in other creative venues?
My main focus is on photography. I still work with sound design in some of my own projects, but - If the possibility emerges, I would not exclude to take up the sound work in a new art co-operation.
.Hathor’s Tribe: What artists have influenced your work?
I am fascinated by the palettes and techniques of the Old Master's. Especially painters like Rembrandt, with respect to his use of dark and modest light. I admire his use of dark earth tones and the golden highlights.
Hathor’s Tribe: At what age did you have an interest in art, and when did you first realize you would be an artist?
Growing up in a family where being an artist was not necessary the first choice you made, combined with a culture that really doesn’t support such a choice. My ambitions might have started early, but my real efforts started in my mid twenties.
Hathor’s Tribe: Do you plan out your work before you do it, or does it evolve organically?
That varies. I really enjoy the evolving process of work which can start from a vague idea which then develops into a universe all its own. Nothing can be more frustrating and giving at the same time as that. What excites me the most is when an emotional trigger connects unexpectedly with a visual memory.
Hathor’s Tribe: Is there a mental process? do you have a question to ask or answer?
All my works is based on either an affiliation, personal experience or childhood memory - comprised of fairy tales, folklore, and myth. I use my own story to reflect on a larger set of issues.
Hathor’s Tribe: If you have had formal training, do you feel your educational process hindered your artistic expression in anyway?
Education is great for formalize knowledge. The thing is to make education a part of your own self in such a way that it becomes second nature, not something that you force. That is still a struggle for me. Refinement is also education, but education is not always refinement.
Hathor’s Tribe: Do you use the creative process to express your internal conflicts or to purge yourself of emotions?
All the time! Art is my dialogue with myself and the world I live in.
Hathor’s Tribe: If so, do you feel that art can be a kind of therapy?
For someone it could, but I don’t consider my work as a therapy for myself. Even though I use my own story and my own conflicts, I´m never private. I try to communicate it in a way that anyone could relate to it.
Hathor’s Tribe: What is your opinion about the current art movements which focus on dark imagery?
It’s funny that you mentioned that, because I find that a lot of people find my art rather dark. This was actually a surprise to me, since that was not my goal in the onset. In all my imaginary work I set out to tell a story. Mostly I credit this to my background as a set designer.
On the other side – with the world as it is today, it is probably no wonder that my images might appear a little dark.
Hathor’s Tribe: Do you make art for yourself, or do you have a market in mind?
My art starts within my own mindset. I never set out to target a market as such; commercial success has never been a factor in the choices I’ve made for my life. Sure I would like the market to accept my art on it’s own terms, that would for me be a much greater satisfaction.
Hathor’s Tribe: Do you believe that art has a higher purpose, other than to decorate a room?
Most definitely!
Hathor’s Tribe: If so, please explain?
Art – when it’s good - should change you and the world around you, by changing our perceptions. It should expand your horizons a bit, by showing you things you did not see before.
Hathor’s Tribe: If you could meet any artist from the past who would it be?
Hieronymus Bosch. I think that his work is so contemporary that it’s hard to believe that he lived more than 500 years ago.
Hathor’s Tribe: In what way do you want to be remembered?
I would love to be remembered as someone who changed the world for the better.
Please list your links here:
www.aminabech.com
www.myspace.com/aminabech
www.videoscenography.com
Art Face Off; www.artfaceoff.com/vote_on_art.php
My muse has always been those with a mind of their own, and the will to both.
Hathor’s Tribe: Are you a visual artist, writer, musician or film maker?
My main focus today is on visual art, i.e. photography. My first foray into this field was through “theme of your own choice” in High school. Later I studied fine art; painting. Over time I got a formal education in set design at 'The Norwegian Academy of Stage Art'. I have been working with audio and image processing within various formats since I left the Academy. I’ve done video for various concert performances, and have been working with sampling, loops and ambient audio for two different band projects.
Hathor’s Tribe: Do you work in other creative venues?
My main focus is on photography. I still work with sound design in some of my own projects, but - If the possibility emerges, I would not exclude to take up the sound work in a new art co-operation.
.Hathor’s Tribe: What artists have influenced your work?
I am fascinated by the palettes and techniques of the Old Master's. Especially painters like Rembrandt, with respect to his use of dark and modest light. I admire his use of dark earth tones and the golden highlights.
Hathor’s Tribe: At what age did you have an interest in art, and when did you first realize you would be an artist?
Growing up in a family where being an artist was not necessary the first choice you made, combined with a culture that really doesn’t support such a choice. My ambitions might have started early, but my real efforts started in my mid twenties.
Hathor’s Tribe: Do you plan out your work before you do it, or does it evolve organically?
That varies. I really enjoy the evolving process of work which can start from a vague idea which then develops into a universe all its own. Nothing can be more frustrating and giving at the same time as that. What excites me the most is when an emotional trigger connects unexpectedly with a visual memory.
Hathor’s Tribe: Is there a mental process? do you have a question to ask or answer?
All my works is based on either an affiliation, personal experience or childhood memory - comprised of fairy tales, folklore, and myth. I use my own story to reflect on a larger set of issues.
Hathor’s Tribe: If you have had formal training, do you feel your educational process hindered your artistic expression in anyway?
Education is great for formalize knowledge. The thing is to make education a part of your own self in such a way that it becomes second nature, not something that you force. That is still a struggle for me. Refinement is also education, but education is not always refinement.
Hathor’s Tribe: Do you use the creative process to express your internal conflicts or to purge yourself of emotions?
All the time! Art is my dialogue with myself and the world I live in.
Hathor’s Tribe: If so, do you feel that art can be a kind of therapy?
For someone it could, but I don’t consider my work as a therapy for myself. Even though I use my own story and my own conflicts, I´m never private. I try to communicate it in a way that anyone could relate to it.
Hathor’s Tribe: What is your opinion about the current art movements which focus on dark imagery?
It’s funny that you mentioned that, because I find that a lot of people find my art rather dark. This was actually a surprise to me, since that was not my goal in the onset. In all my imaginary work I set out to tell a story. Mostly I credit this to my background as a set designer.
On the other side – with the world as it is today, it is probably no wonder that my images might appear a little dark.
Hathor’s Tribe: Do you make art for yourself, or do you have a market in mind?
My art starts within my own mindset. I never set out to target a market as such; commercial success has never been a factor in the choices I’ve made for my life. Sure I would like the market to accept my art on it’s own terms, that would for me be a much greater satisfaction.
Hathor’s Tribe: Do you believe that art has a higher purpose, other than to decorate a room?
Most definitely!
Hathor’s Tribe: If so, please explain?
Art – when it’s good - should change you and the world around you, by changing our perceptions. It should expand your horizons a bit, by showing you things you did not see before.
Hathor’s Tribe: If you could meet any artist from the past who would it be?
Hieronymus Bosch. I think that his work is so contemporary that it’s hard to believe that he lived more than 500 years ago.
Hathor’s Tribe: In what way do you want to be remembered?
I would love to be remembered as someone who changed the world for the better.
Please list your links here:
www.aminabech.com
www.myspace.com/aminabech
www.videoscenography.com
Art Face Off; www.artfaceoff.com/vote_on_art.php
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