LASALLE Interview

I had my La Salle Interview today. Had to fit 13 artworks in a sedan, which is already filled with several boxes of house tiles and 4 adults. I got stuck in a traffic and almost came late because of that.

The interview is in a group of about 12 people. I chose the 12.20 slot and quite surprisingly the applicants were all girls in that slot. I presented the wayang-marionette artwork which can be seen below:

This is the unpolished, unframed version of it. But, this is the only picture of it that I already have in my computer. Other artworks include the series of shoe paintings, installation about Oniomania (shopaholic problem), some sketches on A3 paper, other paintings and drawings, lino prints of Venetian masks and a video art about plastic surgery.

During the 'art discussion' session, I also managed to 'challenge' others' opinions. Basically, I defended my viewpoint that artworks can be morally wrong and still called as art (well, there was this girl that said "i think art MUST be used for positive purposes) and that anything that has a concept or idea behind it can be called as art too. In this case, I took Marcel Duchamp's urinal artwork as an example :)

God, I'm thankful I paid attention to Miss Christine in TOK Arts.

During the Q & A session, I did a rather stupid thing. I stupidly thought that one of the lecturer was a fresh graduate. And when he declared himself as a lecturer, I was like, "Really? I thought you're a fresh graduate!" Hope he doesn't remember me as a girl-who-questioned-his-authority then.

I am so GRATEFUL that I chose to be in the 12.20 slot. In the next session after me, there was this Korean girl that has like, 20 gigantic artwork, each one with texture and mesmerizing color choice that makes you literally stared at her artworks. I would have had an extreme mental breakdown if I was in a room with her.

She made a really big scenery painting by sticking colorful tiny circle papers from paper puncher. Which was REALLY stunning. Amazing patience.

Another one is from tiny origami paper boats, clustered tight together and sticked on a BIG canvas. And then she painted those with acrylic paint and make them look like reptile's skin texture. More like a dragon's skin, because it was dominated with sapphire blue color.

Anyway, today I am quite refreshed and inspired by looking at others artwork and got plenty ideas for my next artworks :D