30 min
Diving into Art vs. Design with Artist Barbara Cooper Neon Fab Studios
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Artist Barbara Cooper joins us in a conversation that's close to our professional hearts. Are designers also artists? Is art and design one in the same, and if not, what gives them their distinction? As an architect cum artist and fabrication specialist, it hits deep notes around self-image and identity that we see in each profession.
Barbara is a Chicago based artist, environmentalist and activist with a storied history of completing public artworks along with an ever evolving personal studio practice.
Barbara describes here own practice; 'Nature is always my place to begin. I am drawn to how forms respond to the stresses they withstand and the obstacles they confront. Starting with observations of specific phenomena, I abstract the parallels I find in processes as diverse as the surge of lava, the creep of a glacier, the flow of water, or the growth of a tree.
My focus is on how a form records its growth process of evolving from one condition to another as it responds to its environment. This process of transformation, whether in the natural environment or in the realm of the cultural or the personal, is an essential aspect of life. It is the foundation upon which my work builds.'
Thank you for listening!
Links to Barbara's Studio and Neon Fab Studios:
https://www.barbaracooperartist.com/
https://neonfabstudios.webflow.io/
Artist Barbara Cooper joins us in a conversation that's close to our professional hearts. Are designers also artists? Is art and design one in the same, and if not, what gives them their distinction? As an architect cum artist and fabrication specialist, it hits deep notes around self-image and identity that we see in each profession.
Barbara is a Chicago based artist, environmentalist and activist with a storied history of completing public artworks along with an ever evolving personal studio practice.
Barbara describes here own practice; 'Nature is always my place to begin. I am drawn to how forms respond to the stresses they withstand and the obstacles they confront. Starting with observations of specific phenomena, I abstract the parallels I find in processes as diverse as the surge of lava, the creep of a glacier, the flow of water, or the growth of a tree.
My focus is on how a form records its growth process of evolving from one condition to another as it responds to its environment. This process of transformation, whether in the natural environment or in the realm of the cultural or the personal, is an essential aspect of life. It is the foundation upon which my work builds.'
Thank you for listening!
Links to Barbara's Studio and Neon Fab Studios:
https://www.barbaracooperartist.com/
https://neonfabstudios.webflow.io/
30 min