Mobile MasterPeace with Fatma Korkut from Istanbul, Turkey

If I had to choose only one work, I would choose ‘The Chess Game’ because it is my first work. When I created The Chess Game, I was questioning myself a lot. It is also very valuable for me because it is my first digital work. I made a reference to Marcel Duchamp in my above-mentioned work. I want to update it using today’s technology.

There is not one cultural experience that changed my point of view but I can clearly state that the accumulation of many things has changed the perspective of my vision.For instance, traveling…. I believe that traveling has broadened my horizon. I have met many people during my travels. Many people mean many existences, many stories. Those people have taught me that there have been many different and/or similar lives and experiences in the world.Besides, the exhibitions I went, the museums I visited, the songs I listened to, the books I read…. Thanks to all of them, I gained new viewpoints.

Feminist artists such as Cindy Sharman, Frida Kahlo, Tracy Emin, Barbara Crugger, Marina Abranomovic have impressed me because they, all, have questioned and destroyed the codes that male power used in order to limit women. These highly creative female artists changed the rules.

I have always been impressed by the works that created a certain atmosphere. I find the artists such as Caravaggio and Vermeer who created timeless works very impressive and I think Bruce Weber and Nan Goldin are very successful in terms of offering life suggestions at the present time.

Art is very subjective. Everybody likes different artists; everybody has different artistic tastes so it is not possible to say that one artist is overrated or underrated.

I believe it brings peace because art is the most important value that makes a human a human. Since a human is a social existence, the artwork produced by him/her will be a social product.Art is, quintessentially, peaceful because art has always been concerned with human beings and about the things related with human beings. The main necessity of organizing, managing/directing, and changing/transforming life is knowledge, consciousness and action. The best way to express it is producing art using visual codes.Art connects people. Unity in pleasure turns into unity in souls. This unity expands by going beyond the national borders and becomes universal. Art leads us by scrutinizing the birth, death, war and peace which are the fact of life. The history of art and literature is full of examples that clearly demonstrate the attitude of the artists/ authors against oppression, cruelty and war. For example, Uccello’s war compositions, Diego Velázquez’s The Surrender of Breda, Goya’s The Third Of May, Picasso’s Guernica are the works that describe the pain and fragmentation of war. Art’s changing people may be an exaggerated expectation but it cannot be denied that art changes some people for sure. The people whose perspectives were changed by art do have the power to change the society they live in.

I don’t see myself just a mobile artist. I am an artist. The mediums serving my thoughts may change from time to time. Sometimes I use a simple pencil and a paper, sometimes I create a video, sometimes I create an oil painting or sometimes I use mobile applications. First, I have a thought in my head and then I need to visualize it. I want to say a word and all I can do is using the visual codes. I feel extremely peaceful if I manage to express myself. Fundamentally, all artists want the same thing.

The masculine power that holds all the forces of the system has always used those powers for men’s own benefits. Women who involved in art had no names throughout the centuries. Ernst Gombrich does not include a single female artist in his book called ‘The Story of Art’ and this is one of the most concrete examples of women’s being ignored in art history. In that book, we see that, women were not shown as subjects but only as objects in history of art.

Women are currently much more involved in making art, they are engaged with the art in every possible way, they are stronger and willing to tell their stories by using different fields of art but unfortunately the market is still dominated by men and female artists still face many challenges; nevertheless, I am very hopeful and optimistic. In the future I am sure there will be more and more female artists, collectors, businesswomen in art market and so there will be balance.

Modern-day art has been performed with conceptual elements and various media. Nowadays mobile applications have simplified the art. Anybody can create art using some applications. It is a great comfort but this easiness may bring along negligence. In this case, my suggestion is that female artists should realize this and reveal their own personalities and they had better create their own languages. I mean, when a word is said it must be said with an aesthetic, and a visual perspective. Female artists should be brave. They ought to gain inspiration by watching movies, reading a lot, listening to music, visiting many museums and art galleries but first and foremost, they should be genuine and hardworking. They should keep on creating more and more.

From my point of view climate change is the most important problem of the world right now. I think art can at least draw attention to this issue because good art that is highly persuasive has a great power on people. In this context, I am confident that art can say what is necessary. I would like to give one example which drew attention to global warming. Italian sculptor Lorenzo Quinn created an amazing work called ‘Support’ for the 57^th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale. Two huge hands emerging from the Grand Canal to protect and support the historic building of the Ca’ Sagredo Hotel was the scream of the artist. It was a call to action. Cities like Venice face and will keep on facing many problems due to rising sea levels. Quinn showed that human beings are destructive but on the other hand they are creative and they have enough power to make a chance and re-balance the world. Above all there is still hope to save the planet.

Mobile artists also will have great impact on showing the negative effects of global warming because mobile artists can reach many people easily thanks to social media. There are no national or language barriers for mobile art. An artwork can go viral and can catch maybe millions of people’s attention and help to raise the awareness of public.

A few weeks ago we removed all traces of our dilly dally with advertising. The adverts were intrusive and spoilt your enjoyment of TheAppWhisperer.com, you told us. We were happy to do this but of course the revenue did help to support our not for profit site. Therefore, please consider offering a contribution or supporting us with a regular monthly donation of your choosing, so that we can continue to bring you this high quality level of specialist journalism, day in and day out. Please reward our passion, as we reward yours…we would not ask if it was not important.

[seamless-donations]