A Subtle Sense of Propaganda

Nov 4, 201311 min read

Deviation Actions

arctoa

Published: Nov 4, 2013

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Features & Interviews:

Die Ghul Show with ARCTOA!:icondasghul:: Welcome to my humble show, :iconarctoa:!
Do you enjoy being here?

:iconarctoa:: Thank-you for the welcome, and I appreciate the invitation to take part in such an interesting project. I am looking forward to our correspondence, but as I don't normally speak about myself or my thoughts, my enjoyment here is edged with a subtle sense of trepidation!
:icondasghul:: That sounds intriguing… So, what DO you normally speak about?

:iconarctoa:: I speak very little, actually. I'm a rather reticent person outside of deviantART, and on the site itself - particularly in my position as a Gallery Director - I feel it's important to place the arts first, and the social aspects second. This is contrary to the site's official stance on itself as a social network, but I've always had something of a stubborn, insubordinate streak in me.
That said, I do have hobbies and interests. Aside from the obvious artistic ones that will have caused most of us to converge upon this site in the f :thumb403145022:

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And a belated thanks to you...:iconarctoa:

A warm one !

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What news!

As my term as Gallery Director for Abstract & Surreal Photography comes to a close - at the end of this month, to be precise - I thought it was about time to direct your attention to some journal features and interviews that I have had the honour to be involved with.

Firstly, thank-you to funkichkn for making a stamp on my behalf for the CV-related contest back in the summer: it was most unexpected and kindly appreciated. Secondly, many thanks to AngelaNorthen and Pierre-Lagarde for putting together journal features that predominantly dealt with my own compositions; it means a lot that you consider my work worthy of a solo feature. Lastly, I'd like to point out the interviews conducted by rainylake and GawrilaGhul that I was involved with; the former deals mainly with my role as Community Volunteer, while the second is more personal and delves further into my works and my thoughts as an artist. It's not often that I speak at such length, so take from that what you will.

Additionally, I was invited to take part in the Dialography project. Feel free to take a look at the entire collection; it's an interesting concept and execution, and a fine display of collaboration between artists from across the planet.

Anyway; this is probably the last personal missive I publish before the end of my term, so I'll see you all on the other side!

All the best for the coming weeks and months.