Glance at Culture - Artist Farook Mohammed on Using Art As A Weapon

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Cover art After World War III, 2020, oil on board, 60 cm x 80 cm, by Farook Mohammed

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Show Notes:

00:45 Pan-African mission of his artwork that combines the diversity of Africa

2:30 artwork to promote brotherhood and unity for Africa and the world 

8:00 artwork tells stories that include a focus on identity and gender

10:00 childhood

12:25 social constructs

15:30 power of art

16:00 legacy he want to leave

18:00 under-population of the world

18:40 sustainable development 

19:00 examples of his work 

22:30 women

23:10 Man’s Endeavor

25:00 life outside the earth

26:30 use of AI 

30:30 regulations on use of technology 

32:15 transparency about use of AI to create art

33:00 Chat GPT

34:40 open market 

36:20 used Midjourney for ideas 

38:20 use of AI for bad reasons

39:15 drone technology

40:20 Elon Musk

40:50 After World War III

44:30 claims against S African media houses

47:30 Afro Arabian Empire 

47:55 group exhibition planned for Mantis Boutique 

48:30 Continental Pan-Africa Art Exhibition 

49:45 view of justice 

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