Follow what is important to heart: Claudia Bitran

From all the artworks that I see from Claudia Bitran, I think she is a woman with lots of energy inside her, which kept her on the journey of exploring. Bitran also demonstrates that as an artist, she has the power to go out of her comfort zone and try things out. Her works are divided into many projects, never knowing where she is heading next. However, no matter where she is heading, she follows her narrative of presenting what is essential to her during that period. I also think Bitran is very brave to target directly toward the social issues in society, such as violence, and turn them into a series of slow motions that gradually pulls our gut. For example, the work of a boy throwing up in the shower shows IN EXCESS – SPRING/BREAK Art. 

As I mentioned earlier, Bitran follows her narrative during a certain period, and for every single project, she has that detailed plan in her head, and she is willing to break off and try. Bitran works with many different mediums; she draws images, paint, video typing, performs, sculpturing, and even installation. She mentions that “Depending on the idea that I have in which material it metaphorically speaks best about the idea that I have.” From what she says, she illustrates that idea is way more important to her than what she is lacking off. She is a person that is willing to take the risk to try and learn something that she has not yet learned in the past. Her willingness to explore led her to create unique and different artworks from others. Plus, her willingness caused her to reflect her ideas clearly through each of her works of art. Bitran also devoted lots of time and effort to make her works of art present the idea that she is targeting, and which makes the artworks come out as a unique product that breaks the expectations.

Bitran’s work “Titanic” is a good example of her willingness to try. In order to get to the idea of social class and show the dark side about life and death, she collaborated with lots of people, did lots of installation, and constructed lots of scenes with her teams; she also performed shot to shot to remake the dark moment in the “Titanic.” 

Her works of art have influenced my works of art somehow; in the past, I am afraid to try to combine artificial hands with manufactured stuff. After the conversations that I had with Bitran, she let me reconsider the importance of the medium. I think it is essential to have the idea represented clearly than to have a more focused concentration on the material that I am using. From Bitran, I feel like my road of art has been opened up a lot wider.