Defining the Third World Media Artist --by Atteqa Malik
• This is the age of the freelance artist
• Does not have to wait to be discovered
• Does not show others lives as his/her own art, but works towards empowering the under-represented
• Work incorporates some form of activism in order to stand strong against the media for entertainment curse in an education-starved society
• Has technical and aesthetic skills
• Work stems from a theoretical base which can be articulated by the artist
• Does not need to know how to read or write but is an expert in his/her medium
• Creates work which can be understood at the public and personal level without waiting for interpretation from critics
• Can create art through a new medium or use it to project traditional artHere is some text from my paper on Media art in Pakistan
By Atteqa Malik
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