AR:
In your opinion, which role does a contemporary artist have in the social society you live in?

SC:
If being an artist means to create realms of freedom, I think the artist has the responsibility to bring something that is so very “special“ that other - so called “normal” - people could not create. I mean, usually the vast majority of such “normal” people all the time is concerned about work and money as their sole purpose for life and it is hard for them to find their own time to create art works (Nowadays, art is not something about skills only.).

I am not a political artist but at least I could bring some kind of peaceful additude, beautiful things/thinking and pure feelings to the audience.

The contemporary artist is as meaningful as much she/he is honest with him-/herself. Let the true and factual in our senses be realized and bring it out to the art world. No need to follow theories, copies or to act under any system, be it an art system or not.

Right now, my work is pretty much more a bit of a large scale project and I am working as an installation artist (For an Asian country, installation art is too far-reaching and the local/regional art market is not ready for it.). That means … it is double, twice of hard work. Since, making installation art means to create exhibition projects/exhibitions. It always means to be concerned/fascinated by the financial realms, space and the profile of a collection. For all partners involved, this is not easy – nor is it easy to realize an installation, to make it happen, nor is it easy for the art market.

However, all the facts/problems are not something that can stop me doing what I am doing. I still enjoy creating large scale installation art projects. If the museums/galleries/institutes could establish a collection of my works, I would feel very happy. If not I am OK as well, at least I can see my statement of my mind be realized and happen and I will enjoy it very much and be very happy with myself. Especially when being in the position of being a “free” artist and not being a slave of or being conditioned by any art trend, fashion, art systems and institutes.

AR:
Why would you not apply a term like vocation as a motivational factor to produce art? Could you explain this a bit more?

SC:
In my opinion, if you want to be a serious/professional artist (if you do not really have backbone/backup who can put you in the right way except you yourself?) and however the situation is, whether it is good or bad you have to go on in your own way.

From my experiences and thinking, to be a good and great artist it is about “long run” (time and experiences) and when we are talking about “long run” it always is connected with making a “brand name”. That - I was thinking - is the truth in the system of the international art world. We (artists) cannot deny that this is a part of the fact that we are defined as artists. We have to accept it, even if we do not think about business/a brand name. But in the real world/international art world none of the people really being involved will do the job or work just for “free” or work for something like “art for life/art for the art’s sake”, without any kind of benefit whatever it might be.

AR:
Do you perceive art production as a profession or as a vocation or would you define the artist in a different way?

SC:
I perceive the production of art as a profession, I do not perceive it as vocation.

AR:
How would you define the quality of art production in the social society you live in?

SC:
The quality of art comes from financial ressources.

AR:
How would you define the chances and needs of art in the social society you live in?

SC:
I think art produces added value/s for a society. For me, Art is some kind like “Believe” and “Religion”. I always use art for meditation on myself or for others. But like international countries all over the world, when this question goes out to the “general public”, it seems to be too complicated to find out the answer and very hard to announce that we really need art! And Art is so important for our society. If Art has such an importance, why some big art institutes in the rich countries had to be closed down? Many good artists have to find other jobs and cannot be full time-artists. All people whom I have had interviews with (including “seniors” who have been going in the arts field for a long time - artists, curators and directors) - most of them cannot say that they are very confident about the situation themselves.

AR:
What is important to you in your art production? What are you aspiring to/striving for in/with your art production?

SC:
To tell you about what is important to create art and produce art in my mind, I could say that the most important thing in my art production is my goal and feeling, I have several complexes in my mind all of which I really do not understand myself completely even. So starting from there, I like to explore and develop parallel perspectives, following my intuition to reach out for my new art works.

To tell you about how to create importance for my art production, I could say that it is all about “money!“ So regarding my individual art productions, I always refer to and am concerned about the budget available, thus the way of how to create an art piece I can never assume in a general way nor is it easy to do it at all.

AR:
In which field of art production are you active?

SC:
Mixed Media and Video Installation.