creators share their insights

"All art is a collaborative experience, first and foremost, the art of living."

CREATIVE THOUGHT SPACE | CREATIVE RESEARCH PROJECT (2013+)

Creative Thought Space is a creative research project that began on the heels of an essayistic work in development about living a life creative. The burning curiosity: If our connections create, and our creation connects, how can we utilize the power of creativity to nurture personal change and social change on local and global community levels? And so, DMo opened up the examination of the importance of creativity, as well as insights into the often elusive world of artistic creation, by asking other living, working creatives their responses to five base questions on creativity. Contributors are from differing backgrounds, countries, platforms and disciplines, linked by the common thread of creative expression.

The Q's: 1. What do you think being creative means? 2. How do you include creativity in your life? 3. What are your thoughts on how your life has influenced your creative imagination, and how your creative imagination has influenced your life? 4. What, if any, exercises do you do to get into a creative mode? 5. How important do you think creativity is in life?

Adam DiTroia | Pennsylvania, USA | Composer/Sound Designer

Ahmed Nagy | Cairo, Egypt | Artist, Founder & Director of Space for Contemporary Art and Cultural Development

Alice Frick | London, UK | Stand-up Comedian, Actress

Amy Jean Harding/Eye Of Light | Sydney, Australia | Documentary and Fine Arts Photographer

Andy Dinan | Melbourne, Australia | Director & Founder of MARS Gallery

Anna Halprin | Kentfield, CA, USA | Post-modern Dance Pioneer, Co-founder of Tamalpa Institute

Athanasia Kanellopoulou | Athens, Greece | Independent Choreographer, Pedagogue, Performer

Bawren Tavaziva | London, UK | Artistic Director and Choreographer

Bente Lindum | Copenhagen, Denmark | Artist/Installation Artist

Elisabeth van Laar & Henricus Pelger | Amsterdam, The Netherlands | Tailor/Designers

Elliot Grove | London, UK | Founder of Raindance Film Festival & BIFA

Evelin van Rei | London, UK | Cinematographer

Francisco Joaquín Paparella | Mexico City, México | Director, Writer, Producer

Giordano Mercante | Vicenza, Italy | Fashion Designer. Founder of VENUS.ASABOY

Giulia Regain | Riccione, Italy | International DJ/Remixer

Jack Vero | Santa Monica, CA, USA | Film Director, Founder of Pilot Pig Productions

Johan Wahlstrom | Jersey City, NJ, USA | Artist, Musician, Composer, Storyteller

Jonny Robson | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Director of graffitimundo

Marie Lecrivain | Los Angeles, CA, USA | Executive Editor/Publisher of poeticdiversity

Melva Medina | Centro Mérida Yucatán, México | Artist, Sculptor & Director of Nahualli Casa De Los Artistas

Mike Medaglia | London, UK | Comics Artist, Illustrator, Editor

Miss Beatrice Kateme-Byakika | London, UK | Singer/Songwriter, Fashion Designer for Iconicity

Monica Brunello | London, UK | Dancer/Performer, ReiMoves Founder

Nicole Oke | Brisbane, Australia | Independent Artisan & Founder of Niklectic

Noa Younse | Brooklyn, NY, USA | Designer

Omari Carter | London, UK | Dance Choreographer, Teacher, Performer, Filmmaker

Panagiotis Verdes | Chiliomodi, Korinthos, Greece | Engineer and Inventor of V-Cubes

Patrick Chirico | Brooklyn, NY, USA | Owner/Designer of WRecordsByMonkey

Robert Chandler | London, UK | Creative Director of Space Age Films

Ryan Oke | Melbourne, Australia | Principal Architect of Oke Architects

Sam Shendi | Yorkshire, UK | Sculptor

Sandra Oke | Melbourne, Australia | Ceramist of Studio Sand’oro

Sarah E Jacobs | Brooklyn, NY, USA | Actor, Writer, Co-Founder of The Wellness Project NYC

Sérgio Marques | Porto, Portugal | Founder & Co-Editor of PARK [art magazine]

Silvina Amighini | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Chief of Curatorial Department of R.A.R.O.

Simon Pierro | Munich, Germany | Performance Artist, Magician

Si Wharry | London, UK | Multi-instrumentalist, Composer

Soo yun Sophia Shin | Gangnam, Seoul, South Korea | Arty Fashion Designer

Tyson Yunkaporta | Melbourne, Australia | Thinker, Maker, Researcher, Poet, Founder of Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab

Valentina Fois | London, UK | Founder of La Scatola Gallery, Independent Curator

Verne Varona | New York City, USA | Author, Health Consultant, Photographer, Screenwriter