Muralove Submission: Elijah Kane Chong

http://www.elijahkanechong.com

Artist’s Statement:
The mission of the Artist is to communicate. Communication is the successful transference of information and is only made possible through the universal language of elemental symbols. To properly communicate, the artist comes to understand the language of the universe through experiencing occurrences in time and endeavors to rework this passing information into his own understanding and voice. In this way, the artist is a machine of biological complexity, capable of reflecting, projecting, translating, rotating, skewing, inverting, and filtering his environment.

The process through which the Artist transmutes his environment into an objective artifact is ritualistic and recursive, for only an artifact that has as an element of its own composition an instance of itself can truly be a microcosm of its environment. In this way, all elements are indicative of each other, as they all contain each other within their own definition. They are all part of the same instance and find themselves in relation to each other through synchronicity. Artifactual elements connect at the quantum level, and this invokes within the viewer a nuanced but radiant and harmonious vibrancy. Then, the viewer too becomes an elemental and critical part of the artifact and will find themselves woven into its manifold.

The intention of the Artist is to create artifacts both uplifting and soul crushing, and so, the setting he chooses for his creations is the post-apocalyptic utopian tragedy.

The artist travels through his setting, continuously gathering divine symbols from the wastescape. synthesizing them and channeling them into visual renderings. These are magical talismans, gravitational antennas for focusing energies and directing them according to the will and intention of the Artist. In his wake, the Artist leaves behind access to Inner Peace, which must be found once Outer Peace has been mote unobtainable.

The Artist knows not to get stuck, but to progress in seeking and Exploration of the Mystery. Time is Space unfolding, and the Artifact unfolds Truth.