#ThisIsNotArt

Social Media. Love it? Loathe it? Either way, it demands our attention.
This little project aims to explore and raise questions about the
relationship between social media and art, through the lens of
Instagram.
The final piece features the pooling together of 100 photographs
currently being shared on Instagram by a colourful group of 25 local
people including: artists, photographers, teachers, students, travellers,
a musician, lawyer, customs ocer and youth worker.
Each image represents a snapshot of their own individual view of
Gibraltarian life, however together, they also paint a greater picture of
local identity, sense of belonging and growing hunger for creative
expression. The collective nature of the display also aims to symbolise
the connectedness of the internet and social media.
On a final note, the project aims to foreground discussions on how
social media is challenging traditional notions of art - what it is, and
what its meant to do.

I would like to give an extra special hug, thanks and smile to the
following collaborators:
Aimie Marie Desoisa
Alannah Caines
Albert Guis
Aroa Isabella Nunez
Carolina LLamusi-Silbermann
Daryl Lee Payas
Elena Gil
Gianni Cumbo
Jade Picardo
Jestin Benyunes
Kieran Morrison
Lizanne Figueras
Maisie Gibbons
Max Lewis Desoisa
Naomi Martinez
Patrizia Imossi
Patrick Murphy
Prema Warde
Rachael Jackson
Ronnie Alecio
Sarah Anne Duarte
Shanade Yeo
Stefan Ramagge
Stefano Blanca Sciacaluga
Zane Manasco
Zoe Matto

it is in the wild places, in the damp clean air of an ancient forest, or a heaving

So far, featuring Insta-photography by:

Aimie Desoisa

Alannah Caines

Albert Aguis

Aroa Nunez

Daryll Payas

Elena Gil

Gianni Cumbo

Jade Picardo

Jestin Benyunes

Kieran Morrison

Zed Manasco

Maisie Gibbons

Max Desoisa

Naomi Martinez

Patrizia Imossi

Patrick Murphy

Ronnie Alecio

Shanade Yeo

Stefano Blanca

Sophie Clifton-Tucker

Zed Manasco

To include:

Louise Perez

Jared Lavangna

Claire Lengui?

Having returned form my postgraduate studies and subsequently been working with
young people in a variety of professional settings, such as the Youth Service, I believe I
have acquired the necessary confidence and skills to steer my professional journey into
the classroom as a passionate and vibrant educator.

How does social media challenge our traditional notions of art, and what its meant
to be and do?

Rather than reach definitive answers, this project

Does it challenge our traditional notions of art? Is it making art more inclusive?
Accessible?

So how about art? The aim of this little project is to raise questions about the
releof social media platforms

My own adventures on Instagram got me thinking. Social Media is opening up new

avenues of communication, forms of social interaction and shades of creative
expression.

The aim of this little project is to question how social media platforms are
challenging our traditional notions of art - what it is, and what its meant to do.

Making art more inclusive? Accessible? Lighthearted space to experiment with?

This is giving way to new, growing, social art form?

we need to broaden the notion of art, what is it and what its meant to do.

On Instagram, weve become instant photographers with infinite online audiences

across the world. And with Snapchat, weve grown into (skilled!) multimedia
narrators of our lives that we can share with our loved ones immediately.

We dont need to look very far to hear about how its changing how we
communicate with each other, and more interestingly, how we interact with
strangers.

Making art more inclusive? Accessible? Lighthearted space to experiment with?

This is giving way to new, growing, social art form?

Art and photography only for the professionals, everyone and anyone can be an
artist. Instagram, Snap Chat. by art I mean being able to express themselves
aesthetically, images, touch and being able to share all of this, IMMIDIATELY.
Instant art! Where is art going? Becoming faster

Creating a new form of dialogue of interacting, socialising,

we need to broaden the notion of art, what is it and what its meant to do.

Either way, it seems almost inescapable. It

demands our attention

How does Social Media challenge our traditional notions of what is art?