American - Artist | 1988 -
If some things don't make me feel good, I stop them. How simple, yet so hard to do.
Martine Syms
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I grew up watching tons and tons of television. It was all I would do, especially during summer vacations.
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My mum was very interested in art and liked to write, and my dad was a hobbyist photographer.
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People act like art is a white thing - or not for people of colour - when, really, so much culture and art comes from people of colour. I want everyone to get into what I am doing. So sometimes I don't like to work just in an art context because it feels like a lot of people aren't going to see it. I like it to be a part of everyday life.
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I have said it before and I will continue to say that I don't think art is the most effective form of protest. I don't think it changes policy; I think it changes discourse, and discourse can change ideas, and for me, that's what it's about: having that space for conversation.
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