Joshua Y'Barbo

 Art Club: New Year, New You!  By Joshua Y'Barbo Happy New Year! As an artist-in-residence at the TEAM LEWIS Foundation in London, I have designed and delivered Art Clubs across APAC, EMEA, the UK and the US, which included one on New Year's resolutions in January 2022. This month, I'm presenting elements of the New Year New You: New Year Resolutions & Self-Improvement Clichés Art Club. I also curated the  TEAM LEWIS Emerging Artist Annual Exhibition  in 2021-2022 and 2022-2023, which includes artworks and designs made by recent graduates of Chelsea College of Art , University of the Arts London. So, I've included two works from these exhibitions: DEAR ANXIETY (2021) by Taiwanese textile designer Shannon Cho  and  Back to the Future , a film still by Christine Gordon from her work, Passing Time (2021).  Art Club Now that everyone is back from holidays and doing whatever you do for work (creative or otherwise), I want to share some of an Art Club I wrote and deliv

    Interview with Christine Gordon Conducted 26 April 2022 By Joshua Y'Barbo The artist discusses her inspiration in time, landscapes, Buddhism, poetry, and reflections on the past, present and future.  'Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.'   - Andy Warhol  Back to the Future  (2021),  by Christine Gordon , a film still from the artist's video, Passing Time,  BA (Hons) Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art Interview:  Joshua Y'Barbo (JY): What do you make work about, how do you go about making your work, what do you think about when making your work? Christine Gordon (CG) : At the core of my practice is a concern with time, lived experience and spiritual meaning. My work attempts to explore my philosophical questions about transience and mortality, the difference between the materialistic experience of the world and a paral

  Interview with Shannon Cho By Joshua Y'Barbo Conducted in Jan 2023 The textile designer discusses her experiences studying textile design at Chelsea College of Art during the pandemic and the prevalence of mental illness caused by mass self-isolation and hyper-separation from her peers, tutors, and the world at large.  DEAR ANXIETY (2021) by Shannon Cho , Textiles and Digital Print, MA Textile Design Interview:  JY: Please tell me about your practice: What do you make work about? How do you go about making your work? What do you think about when making your work? Do you still make work? SC: My MA final project was about "Anxiety". 2019 is the year when the pandemic began, and the whole world started to lock down as we faced the deadly virus. During this challenging time, I came to the UK for the first time to study for a master's degree. When I was studying, I found that most people faced mental issues and thought it was a big topic to which we should pay attention