This is MODI
Or MODULAR INVENTION
OR MODULAR TRIANGULAR SYSTEM
MODI is a Caribbean aesthetic which draws from the collective cultural heritage of the Diaspora: It states:
That nature does not conform to one shape, neither should art
That in this consciousness role MODI art breaks away from the conventional rectangles towards triangles to form the basis of MODI thinking
That MODI has the innate ability to structure, to combine and create proto-type status
That MODI can operate between blurred lines of painting, sculpture and installation and still be MODI
That MODI is attachable and detachable, like life
MODI can add or subtract, multiply or divide, but it is not arithmetic, it is art
MODI can select, combine to create individualistic shapes
MODI is in its infant stage of existence like a new born baby
The history of painting is the celebration of the rectangle.
MODI is the rebirth of the triangle
MODI is an approach to Art that embraces cultural overlays and different civilizations
MODI utilizes the universal shape of the triangle as its cornerstone thus it breaks down barriers, builds monuments to lost legacies
The MODI triangle symbolizes spiritual concepts whetherof so called pagan belief or Christian such as the Divine
Trinity
MODI is a flexible vehicle of Art, not rigid with pictorial stereotypes determined by the manufacturing industry
MODI is invention, exploration, substance, visionary not academic and predictable
MODI is ancient but it can also embrace modern technology
MODI is Art with a designer attitude
MODI is not photography no matter how artistic
MODI is not sick art though it might sometimes rupture the senses
MODI is cultural re-affirmation art. It builds on cultural heritage but re-invents the story in fragmentary dimensions
MODI is not art which generates out of an urban phenomenology
MODI does not exist to feed the industrial framing industry. It strives to feed the soul
MODI liberates, frames confine like prison cells
MODI rejects frames for its own aesthetic conclusions and vision
MODI believes frames are accessories that often compete with the intention of the art work, sometimes even suffocating it
MODI is organic not static
> MODI is shape ready for flight launch like a space rocket
MODI is angle Modi is dangle
MODI stretches, steps over boundaries, dances where the grass is always greener and the horizon brighter
MODI is one brick at a time, it is slow, and it is construction
MODI is digging, excavating into the collective strata of human experience
MODI believes in fragmentation as the essence of existence
MODI can be taught in schools to infants but it is not geometry despite its angularity
MODI is cellular, it has structure, it can adapt to visual situations and physical spaces
MODI is the heightened celebration of the proto-type in Art
MODI assimilates, it includes more than it excludes, what it excludes has always been included
MODI has montage features that are extraordinary
MODI can create or break rhythms
MODI is the spirit of the ancients but it is the handiwork of the living
MODI is gesamtkunstwerk or total art
MODI when passive can be like a hidden Jack in the box or Russian dolls
MODI when active can be exotic and passionate
MODI statements are like statements in a Chinese fortune cookie but they only affect the artist’s fortune
MODI is the realm of diversity
MODI teaches the artist, the artist does not teach MODI but he can pass on its inherent principles to others
MODI is still in its infant stages and so is the critique of its true significance
MODI is not formulaic each new proto-type format challenges a different formula
MODI is risk art
MODI is not commercially strategic but it can be bought and sold
MODI is a structural visual language based on fragmentation
MODI exists in the realm of ideas
MODI leads to unpredictable sources of fantasy, energy and construction
MODI believes that the electric drill is just as important as the paint brush
MODI can fuse antiquity and technology in artistic coexistence
MODI’s triangular family of shapes provide a vast resource that is capable of triggering the subconscious as well as the formal
MODI can transcend the limits of Western culture and embrace a vast multi-cultural horizon
MODI recognizes that in the development of one’s signature art often rejection is the best teacher
MODI like nature assumes diverse shapes in its repertoire of proto-types
MODI can be a weapon, it can defend
MODI is practical and impractical every coin has a flip side
MODI’s angularity mobilizes a dynamic factor into the art equation
MODI’s diversity with multiple applications gives the Support a wide range of options
MODI’s flexibility provides the artist with a wider support base for innovation
MODI’s alternative design is independent of premanufactured configurations
> MODI’s interactive options with technological integration gives the Support a new participatory role
MODI’s interlocking features combine individual fragmentary elements for optimum versatility
MODI’s modularity provides a more organic-like quality in the Support
MODI’s mutative qualities on canvas elements can be expanded to include other distinct formats
MODI’s sculptural qualities and tri-dimensionality can be interpreted into the art form if desired
MODI’s void-fullness and its respective relation betweenthem can be dramatically increased
MODI is where the classic departs to join the exotic
MODI is symbolic compression; symbols compacted for a greater visual strength
MODI is living and depicting life enthusiastically
MODI dances with paint and does not walk rigidly as if to guide a blind man across the street
MODI understands that the value of an accomplished painting is in its intensity
MODI can be an element in isolation then evolve into harmony