Categoria: Artists

INTERVIEW with Jonas Deubelbeiss
Carmela Loiacono talks with Jonas Deubelbeiss who takes part in the International Art Exhibition CREACTION in Matera, at cultural hypogeum Lega Navale Italiana Matera-Magna Grecia.

Carmela Loiacono – Please introduce yourself and talk about the selected artworks: “Black Pearl” and “Gladiator” you presented during the exhibition CREACTION. 
Jonas Deubelbeiss – My Name is Jonas Deubelbeiss i come from Switzerland and I’m an international
artist.
He roots of his art base in hip-hop culture. The graffiti scene and the attitude to life associated with it characterize his style. The name Jonas Deubelbeiss has become an integral part of the art scene. As a graffiti artist he once used walls, and as a tattoo motif artist he used human body as a projection surface. Today, the Swiss artist is a popular artist and performer in Switzerland and internationally.
Black Pearl: in nature, it is very difficult to find a peal. It is hidden in a shell and is carefully stored there. In our lives we also have such black pearls, which are kept with much respect and love. This artwork embodies a pearl. It is sensitivity to something that seems valuable and has not yet reached true value.
Gladiator: this artwork exudes power and elegance at the same time. a work that illuminates our inner strength. as in difficult but also in good days. We all have strengths and weaknesses. This makes us what we are. a gladiator also has his weaknesses, but he uses his strengths to progress. it speaks from the depth and the colors reflect the power.

Carmela Loiacono – How would you describe your creative process? What or who influenced or is influencing your work?
Jonas Deubelbeiss – Versatile and determined. I try to achieve the goal I’ve set for myself. I often succeed, and I know or already imagine in my head what the end result should be. The people who interest and move me influence my work and the stories they tell. Often, these are impressions and stories that I incorporate into my works.

Carmela Loiacono – What do you think about shared art on social media? Could it be an alternative way of communicating contemporary art?
Jonas Deubelbeiss – I think social media has become indispensable in art these days, as it’s a medium that allows you to reach a large number of people with little effort. However, seeing art will never be the same experience as seeing and discovering it in person.

Carmela Loiacono – We had the pleasure to meet in person in Matera , staying together, living the moment of creation, did you enjoy cooperating with me? Did you like to stay in Matera?
Jonas Deubelbeiss  – Oh yes Matera was beautiful nice locations, and restaurant, the food was so good.
The cooperation was very good, also the shipping the artworks was a great job. Thanks, I thing you make that very good and I like to work with you. 

Carmela Loiacono – What are your future goals and/or projects?
Jonas Deubelbeiss  – We’re working on a few more projects. A solo exhibition in Baden, Switzerland, will be launched in 2027. Further exhibitions in Switzerland and Germany are planned after that.

INTERVIEW with J.griMo
Carmela Loiacono talks with J.griMo who takes part in the International Art Exhibition CREACTION in Matera, at cultural hypogeum Lega Navale Italiana Matera-Magna Grecia.

Carmela Loiacono – Please introduce yourself and talk about the selected artworks: “Mitsy” and “Yes I Can” you presented during the exhibition CREACTION. 
J.griMo – My scientific background allowed me to live and travel all over the world before settling down at the end of the 90’s in southeast of France where, a few years later, I began a career as a painter.
I experimented different technics following various sources of inspiration. MITSY and YES I CAN are two examples of my very last form of expression explicitly moved towards lyrical abstraction: the purpose is no longer to transcribe an emotion inspired by visual elements, but states of mind felt half awaken, half asleep. About these two works, I was very pleased before sending them to Matera, to present them in the Paris « Grand Palais » at Art Capital’s exhibition.

Carmela Loiacono – How would you describe your creative process? What or who influenced or is influencing your work?
J.griMo – For me the beginning of the process always starts from a gaze or a dream that goes all the way down to the inner vibe. It has then to reach the hand to structure the artistic composition on my mind. Sometimes I go through a kind of destruction/reconstruction scheme in which I shred old works (an intensely liberating as well as exhilarating gesture) producing fragments that reveal unsuspected qualities which were drowned in the mass. I strategically paste them on the medium and convene my sensitivity and my imagination to create a new living environment. This is the way how my vision can be translated as honestly as possible to be eventually shared.
When you live in Provence, the presence of many illustrious artists, fascinated by the special light of this area, is still alive: Van Gogh and Cezanne of course, but also Picasso, de Stael, Vasarely… and among today’s painters, Fabienne Verdier and Alechinsky. All of them influenced my painting at different levels. After scrutinizing their works, it became clear in my mind that what attracted me the most was composition, colors, contrast and rhythm.

Carmela Loiacono – What do you think about shared art on social media? Could it be an alternative way of communicating contemporary art?
J.griMo – Nowadays it seems to be compulsory to use social media to spotlight any kind of art. I am not the last one trying to use this way to promote some event or work of mine. But I reckon that, more that an alternative, it must be seen as an additional way of sharing art in so far as watching pictures or videos will never replace the physical confrontation and the experience of immersion. However, it remains such an easy way for millions of people to get in touch with this universe…

Carmela Loiacono – What are your future goals and/or projects?
J.griMo  – I recently opened my own Atelier in Maussane les Alpilles, the place where I live, and it is an amazing but monopolizing experience. In that way my projects for the coming months are very simple: to attract many visitors while keeping enough time for me to paint… let’s talk about this subject some time later again!

INTERVIEW with Francesco Carlucci
Carmela Loiacono talks with Francesco Carlucci who takes part in the International Art Exhibition CREACTION in Matera, at cultural hypogeum Lega Navale Italiana Matera-Magna Grecia.

Carmela Loiacono – Please introduce yourself and talk about the selected video art work “9223372036854775807: The End of Time” you presented during the exhibition CREACTION. 
Francesco Carlucci – I like to define myself as a multifaceted figure, with interests spanning the worlds of coding, cybersecurity, design, writing, and recently, abstract art.
“9223372036854775807: The End of Time” is my first creation—a conceptual work and a real-time digital experience.
Influenced by the work of Korean philosopher Byung-Chul Han on modern society’s obsession with information, I try to reflect on the concept of the timestamp and how machine-time has redefined the very notion of natural time.
Once dictated by the natural alternation of day and night, light and darkness, the seasons as an organic cycle of death and rebirth, modern time has lost its cyclical nature. It has become a linear event, progressing with cold precision and shaping our lives.

Carmela Loiacono – How would you describe your creative process? What or who influenced or is influencing your work?
Francesco Carlucci – My inspiration has always come from real-life experiences—they act as triggers for me, and my mind does the rest. The End of Time represents the peak of my reflections on how the digital world is overtaking reality and pulling us further away from a natural way of life.

Carmela Loiacono – What do you think about shared art on social media? Could it be an alternative way of communicating contemporary art?
Francesco Carlucci – I liked the soft approach, but involving the artists more through interviews or presentations might have made it feel more personal.

Carmela Loiacono – What are your future goals and/or projects?
Francesco Carlucci – I am working on a new concept that aims to bring together artificial intelligence with a sensory experience that’s understandable to humans.

Carmela Loiacono – We had the pleasure to meet in person in Matera, during the opening of the exhibition, did you enjoy cooperating with me? Did you like to stay in Matera?
Francesco Carlucci – Matera was already one of my favorite places in Italy, so presenting my creative work there was truly a thrill. Your approach was incredibly professional, and your passion truly brought the opening event to life.

INTERVIEW with Nada Kelemenova
Carmela Loiacono talks with Nada Kelemenova who takes part in the International Art Exhibition NATURAL FLOW – Exploring water’s essence in Matera, at cultural hypogeum Lega Navale Italiana Matera-Magna Grecia.

Carmela Loiacono – Please introduce yourself and talk about the selected artwork: “Under the Sea Level” you presented during the exhibition NATURAL FLOW – Exploring water’s essence. 
Nada Kelemenova – My name is Nada Kelemenová and I am an abstract painter who draws inspiration from nature, energy of the universe and spirituality. I work mainly with acrylic and mixed media and am constantly experimenting with new painting methods to capture the invisible movements of energy and harmony of the world around us through color and composition.
The painting Under the Sea Level, which was part of the exhibition NATURAL FLOW – Discovering the Essence of Water, represents a deep dive into the world below the surface, where light refracts in changing currents and reflects the infinite variability of life in the ocean. The painting is inspired not only by the visual beauty of the aquatic environment, but also by its elusive energy – flow, changeability and constant movement, which is similar to the dynamics of human consciousness. Working with textures and layers of color allow to create a sense of depth and mystery, dominant blue and turquoise tones evoke calm, meditation, and a connection to the natural rhythm of water.

Carmela Loiacono – How would you describe your creative process? What or who influenced or is influencing your work?
Nada Kelemenova – My creative process is intuitive and organic. I do not follow a fixed composition, but rather let myself to be guided by the energy of colors and their interaction. I work with layers, structures, and mixing pigments to achieve depth and movement. I often use techniques that allow for a chance, which I consider an important element of creation – similar to nature, where there are no completely identical structures and each shape is unique.
A great inspiration for me is nature, its rhythms, harmonies, and forces, which are sometimes calm and sometimes dynamic. I am also influenced by the spirituality and philosophy of Eastern cultures, especially the Japanese aesthetic of wabi-sabi, which celebrates the natural beauty of imperfection and transience. I am also inspired by music, meditation and quantum physics, which connects science with a deep understanding of energy and the universe.

Carmela Loiacono – What do you think about shared art on social media? Could it be an alternative way of communicating contemporary art?
Nada Kelemenova – Social media is an important platform for artists today, as it allows for instant sharing of work and connecting with people all over the world. Thanks to them, art can reach a wider audience and enter into a dialogue with viewers who would otherwise not have the opportunity to encounter the work.
On the other hand, I think that the digital space cannot fully replace direct contact with a work of art. Texture, structure, color nuances – all of this can only be truly perceived when you meet the painting in person. So, online presentation is a great tool for communication and spreading awareness of art, but the real experience takes place in a gallery or studio, where the viewer can not only see the painting, but also feel its energy.

Carmela Loiacono – What are your future goals and/or projects?
Nada Kelemenova – I am currently focusing on several projects that connect painting with deeper layers of perception of reality. I plan to expand my series inspired by water elements, where I want to further explore not only the visual side of water, but also its symbolism – as a carrier of memory, energy and connection.
At the same time, I continue to study figurative art and Japanese calligraphy, as I am fascinated by various forms of visual expression and their connection with movement and energy of the body.
Exhibiting internationally is still an important part of my journey for me, and therefore I will be participating a several exhibitions abroad later this year – for example Art World Fair Parisin May, Women in art Biennale London and Monaco Art Fair in September, Modern art Masters in complex Louvre in October, RED DOT MIAMI in December, etc., where I want to present my latest work. My goal is not only to share my paintings, but also to inspire to a deeper connection with nature, energy and inner harmony.

INTERVIEW with Tina Hellblom-Thibblin
Carmela Loiacono talks with Tina Hellblom-Thibblin who takes part in the International Art Exhibition CREACTION in Matera, at cultural hypogeum Lega Navale Italiana Matera-Magna Grecia.

Carmela Loiacono – Please introduce yourself and talk about the selected artworks: “Find Me” and “You and Me” you presented during the exhibition CREACTION. 
Tina Hellblom-Thibbin – I am a Swedish visual artist specializing in oil painting on linen canvas. Alongside my artistic practice, I hold a Ph.D. in Pedagogy and have studied Art Theory at Uppsala University. I also served as an Associate Professor. My academic research focuses particularly on identity and the different roles we inhabit to navigate everyday life.
Art has always been an integral part of my life. Over the years, I have continuously studied and practiced artistic expression, drawing inspiration from travels and study visits to Italy and France —especially from mural paintings that deeply moved me.
My artistic practice explores the tension between the imaginary and the concrete, between dream and reality. My work often integrates themes of identity, presence, memory, and the poetic. I am interested in the spontaneous and the unfinished—inviting the viewer into an open-ended visual narrative. History plays a vital role in this process; it influences how we understand the world and ourselves. It is within this interplay between the traces of the past and the expressions of the present that my work comes into being. I am captivated by Italian culture—its historic facades and timeless architecture inspire my work and imagination.
Curators and critics have noted: “Her works express a longing beyond the visible and the familiar, while remaining in a personal, inward stillness. Perspectives shift between the exterior and the interior, in a space where dreams and reality meet.”
My paintings have recently been exhibited in Europe, the USA, Dubai, and Beijing, and I have recently received several international awards, including the International Prize Botticelli, the International Prize Leonardo da Vinci, the International Prize Velázquez & Goya. My work is also featured in many various contemporary art publications.
The painting “You and Me” reflects on themes of identity and presence. The soft lighting and hazy contours suggest something elusive—something that cannot be confined within strict boundaries, but instead invites the unexpected. The figure, illuminated from the front, contemplates the many roles we play in life. The approaching mask symbolizes the shifting identities we adopt in different contexts. The window is inspired by Italy’s cultural heritage.
The painting “Find Me” leans toward the dreamlike and surreal. A child’s face floats in the lower part of the painting, conveying openness to the unknown and the hidden. The small apple resting in the window evokes presence of the now. The shapes and lines are intentionally blurred. Regardless of the subject, I aim to cast my images in a poetic glow, bringing forth ideas as details within a larger whole.

Carmela Loiacono – How would you describe your creative process? What or who influenced or is influencing your work?
Tina Hellblom-Thibbin – My creative process began at an early age and has guided me throughout life. For me, creativity means remaining curious and constantly evolving my  artistry. Inspiration comes from encounters with time, daily life, people, thoughts, and ideas. I try to approach each painting with openness, allowing every surface to come alive. My creative process is driven by the desire to bring something new into being something original. While it may begin with a sense of the familiar, it always seeks to unfold into the unexpected and the spontaneous, revealing layers beyond the surface.
As a teenager, I explored this in a special school project titled ”Children in Motion”, a series of sketches capturing everyday movements of children. Even then, I sought to express fleeting moments through visual storytelling.
My academic background in art history has deeply enriched my artistic thinking. I have a particular affinity for the Renaissance—especially Leonardo da Vinci, whose ability to bring life into faces has long fascinated me. Another major influence is Odilon Redon, whose color palette and symbolic and also surrealistic compositions have been inspiring. I am drawn to a form of symbolic painting where the underlying thoughts and emotions seek visual expression.

Carmela Loiacono – What do you think about shared art on social media? Could it be an alternative way of communicating contemporary art?
Tina Hellblom-Thibbin – I believe social media can serve as one of several important platforms for sharing art and reaching a broader audience. It offers the opportunity to engage with people who may not usually visit galleries—especially in our screen-centric world. However, exhibiting art physically remains a powerful and irreplaceable experience. The physical presence of a painting allows for a deeper existential connection and a more immersive dialogue with the surrounding space.

Carmela Loiacono – What are your future goals and/or projects?
Tina Hellblom-Thibbin – I feel a deep passion for working in my studio and for giving form to all the images that have yet to emerge on my canvases. One of my key goals is to hold a solo exhibition, where I can present a broader body of work and share more of my visual language with a wider audience. It is a way of bringing together not just individual paintings, but the ideas and emotions that weave through them all.

INTERVIEW with Helen Sorokach
Carmela Loiacono talks with Helen Sorokach who takes part in the International Art Exhibition NATURAL FLOW – Exploring water’s essence in Matera, at cultural hypogeum Lega Navale Italiana Matera-Magna Grecia.

Carmela Loiacono – Please introduce yourself and talk about the selected photo series: “Water in Motion” you presented during the exhibition NATURAL FLOW – Exploring water’s essence. 
Helen Sorokach – My name is Helen Sorokach and I am a photographer and visual artist from the United States. The photo series “Water” is a collection of shots taken during a firefighting summer camp for teenage girls, and the photos exhibit various training exercises in which the girls took part. 

Carmela Loiacono – How would you describe your creative process? What or who influenced or is influencing your work?
Helen Sorokach – For photography, preparation is everything. Making sure that I am ready and present in the moment to capture the photographs as they happen is very important. After the photos have been shot, I like to do minimal edits to bring to focus what I find most essential in the photograph. Usually, this is cropping the photograph so that the lines and silhouettes are balanced to me.  I am influenced by various other visual mediums when shooting and editing photos – both painting and architecture are interesting to consider when thinking about the flow and structure created by a photograph. 

Carmela Loiacono – What do you think about shared art on social media? Could it be an alternative way of communicating contemporary art?
Helen Sorokach – I think that social media is a great tool for opening works up to a much broader audience, much more quickly than ever before. Art works shared via social media have the ability to much more rapidly become a part of the cultural consciousness, but also to much more rapidly fade from this cultural consciousness in the rapid-fire cycle of content. 

Carmela Loiacono – What are your future goals and/or projects?
Helen Sorokach – I plan on continuing to photograph events and situations that are meaningful to me, and am interested in translating still work behind the camera to moving pictures and cinematography in the future!

Carmela Loiacono – We had the pleasure to meet in person in Matera, during the opening of the exhibition, did you enjoy cooperating with me? Did you like to stay in Matera? 
Helen Sorokach – The location of the exhibition – the UNESCO World Heritage Site and ancient town of Matera – was incredible to walk through before and after the exhibition, and the space used to display the works was beautiful and full of so much history. It felt like an honor to have photos displayed on a centuries-old cave-like wall, to be surrounded by and a part of so much history! Carmela was an incredible host and director of the exhibition, and a fantastic translator between English and Italian to explain the included works. 

INTERVIEW with Andrea Kraus
Carmela Loiacono talks with Andrea Kraus who takes part in the International Art Exhibition NATURAL FLOW – Exploring water’s essence in Matera, at cultural hypogeum Lega Navale Italiana Matera-Magna Grecia.

Carmela Loiacono – Please introduce yourself and talk about the selected videos animation about the creation process of the “Unveiled – immersive”: “Nathalie” and “Veronika&Olivia” you presented during the exhibition NATURAL FLOW – Exploring water’s essence.
Andrea Kraus – My name is Andrea Kraus, 54 years old, living in Germany. I feel like I have been an artist my whole life. After my college of design in Würzburg I completed a private study with the hungarian artist Dr. Arpad Bari for about five years. He teached me all his knowledge about technique, composition, colours and the secrets behind artworks. After that I started to work as an art teacher for many years. Parallel to my job I had many single and group exhibitions, primarily with oil and acrylic paintings. After a while the performance art came along and I started to paint at many events, on stage and in front of an audience.
2022 I developed a kind of portait art called “unveiled”. In this performance art I painted visitors, who sat down next to me. I didn’t know them, we didn’t talk at all. We were just looking in each other´s eyes.
I didn’t paint their physical appearance rather than their effect on me. I portayed a feeling that they gave me about themselves. I call it a “portrait of the soul”.
After 10 events and 150 resulting images I finished this art 2024. But I had a following idea: I wanted to show – via video animation –  the process of creating these inner portraits as it happened in my head. 
And so, the video art “unveiled – immersive” was born.
The artwork “Nathalie” was such an emotional process!  This young lady sat in front of me and I felt her immediately. Her deep feelings, her fears, her hopes. It was like there were no distance between us, just flowing emotions.  Im my imagination a lonely person appeared out of a blue light. She carries a light inside, which she protects near at her body. After a while I felt that she don´t want to keep this light for herself anymore. She wants to share this light with the world. This portrait was one of the most emotional and deepest process of all my 150 portraits.
The artwork “Veronika & Olivia” was rather an exception, because I rarely portrayed two people in one picture. But in this case I took it as a challenge because I was curious to discover the similarities and differences between these beautiful twins. I felt their strong connection right away. They came out of one tree. But developed into very different personalities.
Olivia, sitting on the left side, seemed to me introverted, serious, rather reserved, self-assured and very self-confident.  She appeared to me like a beautiful blue rose.
Veronika’s energy felt completely different to me. She was a shining angel. Curious, positive, bright, open to the world, positive, warm-hearted. Thats why I painted her as a bright shining diamond.

Carmela Loiacono – How would you describe your creative process? What or who influenced or is influencing your work?
Andrea Kraus – I would describe my creative process as an intuitive, spontaneous process, which is influences so much more by my subconcious than by my concious. The decisions which I make during the process of painting is influencend by my inner world just in this moment. Or, in case of the portrait painting “unveiled”, by the inner world of the portrayed people.
I thought about the question, who influended my work. I think, there is no specific artist.
But I admire all artists, whether contemporary or from the past, who were committed solely to their art, who were authentic and made their inner world visible through their art. Artists who paid no attention to the current needs of the art market, who were merely pleasing or simply wanted to make money.

Carmela Loiacono – What do you think about shared art on social media? Could it be an alternative way of communicating contemporary art?
Andrea Kraus – Of cause sharing art on social media is a great opportunity to reach many people. Social media platforms are particularly well suited for video art.
When it comes to paintings, I’m a little more critical. Because even the best digital platform can’t replace seeing a painting in person.
If you’ve ever seen a Marc Chagall or a Francis Bacon painting in real life, you’ll know what I’m talking about.

Carmela Loiacono – What are your future goals and/or projects?
Andrea Kraus – One of my future project is called “THE STATE OF PLAY”. It describes a performance art that interacts with the audience.
The visitors to the exhibition receive a sheet of paper with the sentence “The world is full of…” written on it. They are asked to complete this sentence with just one word.
All sheets will be collected. One sheet after the other is drawn and the term mentioned on it is now depicted on the canvas.
Over time, the canvas will fill up with all the terms that come from the audience. The individual motifs merge into a total work of art.
The interaction in “THE STATE OF PLAY” creates a closeness that breaks down the barriers between artist and audience. The visitor decides on the motifs of the picture through his terms.
My intention is to create a work of art that shows a cross-section of all the beliefs, thoughts, feelings, fears and hopes of people.
I want to portray a view of society from here and now and manifest the state of play in a work of art.
Also I want to implement this concept in different countries, exactly one picture per country. In this way, I want to reveal both the similarities and the differences that arise from the different cultures, mentalities and perspectives in today’s world.
The other project will be a serial of seven oil paintings which I call “Under Trees”. I love the nature, i love forests and I love standing under a tree and looking up or out of it.
This energy fills me anew every time, and I want to capture this energy in my paintings. The first two pictures are already finished and I love them

Carmela Loiacono – We had the pleasure to meet in person in Matera, during the opening of the exhibition, did you enjoy cooperating with me? Did you like to stay in Matera? 
Andrea Kraus – Yes, I had the pleasure to join the opening of the exhibition NATURAL FLOW and to meet you wonderful person, Carmela. You curated this exhibition with so much love and sense of the effect of art on the visitor. Every artist had its own place in the gallery, chosen by you with great feeling! I felt very welcome and I’m still happy and proud to know you.
The venue was perfect! Both the gallery and the beautiful city of Matera. I would love to cooperate with you again and exhibit in this exceptionally beautiful city!

INTERVIEW with Marius Starkey
Carmela Loiacono talks with Marius Starkey who takes part in the International Art Exhibition NATURAL FLOW – Exploring water’s essence in Matera, at cultural hypogeum Lega Navale Italiana Matera-Magna Grecia.

Carmela Loiacono – Please introduce yourself and talk about the selected artwork: “Ocean Marsh” you presented during the exhibition NATURAL FLOW – Exploring water’s essence. How would you describe your creative process? What or who influenced or is influencing your work?
Marius Starkey – I’ve been making images my entire life inspired by nature and by the many artists that have come before.  There is no time, no fear, & no expectations when I work, only the chance to understand my deep emotional & physical connections with each image. Each painting is a journey inspired by my love of nature which many have water as a central theme.  “Ocean Marsh” emerged from my time in San Francisco and the Bay Area. With every brush stroke I capture compositions that resonate with my emotional being in that moment. 

Carmela Loiacono – What do you think about shared art on social media? Could it be an alternative way of communicating contemporary art?
Marius Starkey – I enjoy sharing my images on social media to encourage viewers to explore their own emotional connection with their surroundings. I hope they can reflect on their ties to the environment in which they reside.

Carmela Loiacono – What are your future goals and/or projects?
Marius Starkey – I will pursue my artistic endeavors for the rest of my life, following inspiration in all aspects.

INTERVIEW with Roland Kaiser
Carmela Loiacono talks with Roland Kaiser who takes part in the International Art Exhibition NATURAL FLOW – Exploring water’s essence in Matera, at cultural hypogeum Lega Navale Italiana Matera-Magna Grecia.

Carmela Loiacono – Please introduce yourself and talk about the selected video art work “offTheWaters-THE.GREAT.FLOOD” you presented during the exhibition NATURAL FLOW – Exploring water’s essence. 
Roland Kaiser – I am Roland Kaiser, born on the 9th of May in 1962 in Pulheim, Cologne- area, Germany. I am a self- taught artist from Germany. I always found so much interest and joy in creating art, even as a little boy. Especially since some crucial times in hospital in my early youth at the beginning of the 70s decade I felt the need expressing myself via drawing and painting and developed it further. I had a very critical objective and distant attitude on my own works, 1st being supported, but as I grew older I got more and more criticized for wanting to become an artist and this fight against conventional thinking of my environment 1st demotivated and then strongly was my drive to make it better and show “them” that I am still trying and won’t give in being an artist. In the long run I won and am now thankful for both of it: the critics and the motivation to do better!
In 1979 I moved to Cologne – the ‘big’ city -. Exhibitions in the 90th followed, also did my 1st.Internet- exhibition “Basics,“ in the year 1997.
In 1990 I invented the Recycling-Art-Concept, which basically is founded on the principle to use only used – even in digital form! – and found material for creating art and developing it to a better self – looking and feeling brand new. This can be seen also to with respect to the conditions in our human form: accepting the SCARs we’ve got to become healed and made whole again and reach out for a new and better life. The idea was and still is to create sustainable Art and at the same time saving resources due to the responsibility modern man has with regards to material and nature; long before this was discovered by politics and industry. In order to be authentic and also to show aspects of sustainability, my works show visible traces of an engagement with my vision of the finished work, my own life and the mostly used material that I process and that seems new and fresh at the same time, as it were reborn, and that being even and especially true for digital art, which I started producing in the 1980 as well.
Dr. Erich Franz for example, former deputy artistic director of the Westphalian State Museum for Art and Cultural History in Münster, Germany wrote about my artworks in 1996 and said, that he liked them and stated that they are [….] put together carefully and do so also in leading to different moments of stability and movement. Also the clashes of colors are not without a silent form of energy. Smooth and cautious seem to be indeed most of my art- works, always characterized by helping things to develop and flourish. An effect that the viewer of my works can also notice in himself, feeling the shown enthusiasm and love for life. Then the miracle happens and a portal is opened to a harmonic, brighter and better world. I am achieving this results, I call them miracles, by being surrounded most of my time daily by my art, my studio is also my home, I collect materials as I am still obliged to my RAC (see above) from 1990, which applies also for my digital art. Sometimes it took a piece decades to be in the final form. Being confronted with all my art- pieces and files and own unique documentation style and praying a lot I get the revelation and help from above to get things done and get better and more effective. I just want to create and please God making it right?
Last year I started ma RAC_ART- Database project, documenting everything and that means literally every piece I ever created online on a secret site buried somewhere around my website https://aarontec.de/. It’s a very neat and smoothly operating CMS I developed myself as I am not only and selftaught artist but also a selftaught programmer. This site is for selected customers and curators or art- dealers which show interest in exploring my “multiverse” of creations? 
My video art work “offTheWaters-THE.GREAT.FLOOD” exhibited during the exhibition NATURAL FLOW – Exploring water’s essence for example is also a very good example for recycling digital art within my RAC – concept from 1990: the waves, which are in the center of the beholders attention I created in the late summer of 1998. Now they are the fundamental part of a video, which would have been technically impossible to create back in 1998.
As I also produce music, it was possible to give it the perfect “it- vintage- style” with the tools I now can use, when Carmela invited me to participate during her exhibition in Matera, Italy. The theme added exactly the part which was missing to animate those digital waves from 1998 waves and giving them a stage and a soundtrack also.
As an RAC- concept artist the ART_ViDEO “offTheWaters-THE.GREAT.FLOOD” is about not only the sparse use of water to save resources but has also a very spiritual dimension: as I use water in my everyday- life, I wonder how God is moving them (the waters)?Sometimes it is just very smooth and clam, maybe a tiny dripping only or just lying on the grass at morning… but then, the other day, it may be as well very disruptive and loud even dangerous, jumping right out of its bounds changing whole landscapes and wash everything in its way, so you better stay out! People often wonder what God is like or what he does. And waters can give answers in its behavior and ways. God uses not only the still and small voice to talk to us but sometimes he uses nature and its power also to speak. At the end of that video, there is a question put on the screen: “So what happens next?” as God has promised to never again send SUCH a flood. As we anticipate the 2nd coming of Jesus Christ the answer will be visible soon. And that is something which drives and motivates me, getting better and getting ready. 

Carmela Loiacono – How would you describe your creative process? What or who influenced or is influencing your work?
Roland Kaiser – It works out like that, describing my creative process: collecting materials, pondering, praying, getting guidance and support from God, looking after the pieces or data or documentations over and over, praying again and then standing up, going to do the creation or the art- piece.
I am influenced by the news, scripture studies, prayers, my experiences in life, my past, other artists, for example: Helmut Federle, whom I met personally in November 1995, giving me valuable advice for my art, Roy Lichtenstein, as I still “melt” the comic- and the abstract- approach in my “art- laboratory”, curators, critics and my wife who really saved a lot of my pieces when I was close to shutting down my creative efforts when the negative phases came.

Carmela Loiacono – What do you think about shared art on social media? Could it be an alternative way of communicating contemporary art?
Roland Kaiser – Shared art on social media? Well, if the copyright is respected, yes. Often exhibitions are done online nowadays, also because of the hard lockdowns we had, especially in Germany. Its surely is an alternative way of communicating contemporary art, so done with a sense of proportion and in a targeted manner, yes, of course!

Carmela Loiacono – What are your future goals and/or projects?
Roland Kaiser – a) Some of my future goals are to get a wider reach (USA I started successful in April this year with the award I got there), b) exploring new ways expressing myself without leaving my lifelong “SCARs”- theme, cause they are what brought me where I am now, c) honoring my priesthood, becoming a more Christ- like and better person, exploring more of God’s secrets. D) Concrete projects are my RAC-ART- Database, as I want to complete the project soon, I will then e) use my customers- and curators-/ gallerists- database to contact potentially interested art- lovers and invite them to visit that virtual space also. My concrete efforts with regards to creating more pieces now will f) definitely be the “Jesus Christ healed my SCARs …” – series which I have just begun!