Transmutation
through
acts of creation
Thank you for visiting this space.
On this website you can find links to my different creations/transmutations.
You can read more about my process in the artist statement below.
If you wish to contact me, the surest way to reach me is by email to minnamari@mysterious.studio
but you can also say hi over social media.
With Love,
Minnamari
I am fascinated by intersections, the things we learn to think of as opposites, and the shared spaces between & within them. Previously I have made some attempts to focus my artistic practice into one specific area, but I can't seem to stay there for very long. That is why I am now instead embracing this diversity, and respecting my mutable nature by blending together different areas of creative expression. Though the tools and techniques I use range from visual works to writing and interactive prototypes, there are three central themes that form a red thread through my practice: Storytelling, Layering and Soul.
Stories make their way into our hearts and can both connect and divide people, depending on the way they are told. I work with stories on multiple levels, with multiple media, blending visuals and words in my newsletter, and writing music where the lyrics are directly derived from my life experiences. I often work autobiographically, inviting the viewer/reader/listener into my own life by describing the backstory of the creative work and what events in my life inspired it to come into existence. In this way, different layers of meaning are added and the work is framed in a larger context through the connected story. I hope that the sharing of my stories can inspire people to reflect on their own life stories in a similar manner.
Artistic Approach
Layering or blending multiple elements together is a technique that I use both in my paintings and my digital works. In my paintings, the layers are added by hand over a longer period of time that can span many years, in the form physical materials such as of paint layers, metal wire and carefully chosen branches and pieces of bark that I pick in the forest and then fasten onto wooden boards. In my digital works, the layers in turn consist of different digital or digitalized media such as photographs, illustrations and sounds. In prototypes or video works the additional layers of sound, virtual space and the flow of time add their own dimensions to the work. The act of layering is my way of processing the multiple layers of meaning that exist in the world, and to highlight the multidimensional nature of reality.
At the core, I think that everything is interrelated, in complex and simple ways. The main aim of my artistic practice is to learn about, and experiment with, this sense of complex connectedness that I feel radiating through it all. Sharing my artwork is my way of translating this complexity by giving a concrete form to inner processes such as emotional states, constructs of the mind and messages from the unconscious. My mission is to create soulful art that can spark a sense of curiosity and invite others to look for connections between different dimensions of existence.
