MANIFESTO:

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We are Kollektivo Illuminoso Fresco

We are a collective of artists.

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We want to make money.

Though art is priceless

we do art to free our hearts and heal our scars

we work for ourselves

We are fucking professionals

 

Telling stories that are in our heads

in order for other people to see the stories that are happening in our minds

exploring some of the feelings that we hide

showing the fucked up world that we live in

 

There is a word in Xhosa, Inyala

Shame

Inyala liya qunywa

the shame must be hidden

 

we are telling the truth

to reveal that shame

 

we have all been in conflict with the law

we have all been locked behind bars

we have all struggled to overcome our circumstances

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Processes are difficult in the beginning

Just draw different pictures

see how pictures match

sharing our past

expressing our pain

and our experiences in life

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we must have these discussions over and over again

art is addressing feelings

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our art provokes

showing people a different corner of the earth

a different version of reality

showing it out

so that there is no denying it

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Art is a cry of a living body

and when the body is dead 

it becomes the cry of a living spirit

the spirit never dies

 

We express ourselves on the page or the canvas

when we die it will remind them of us

a crying spirit for what is happening around us

because its a mess out there

and we reveal this mess in many ways

 

so when we are doing art we are counting our blessings

 

Salute

 

This Manifesto was created by Luntu, Loyiso, Clinton, Edward and Xolisa