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Artist Simon Cosmas Michael who popularly known by the name 'Simon Rieber' has been a lover of fine art for as long as he can remember. “Growing up, I was painting the whole house,” he recalled, as he spoke about his sincere love for the art on the last night of his successful paper show dubbed Paper flames.
Celebrating friends, the uncontrolled emotion for his work and the opportunity to give back, Simon Rieber wanted to share his point of view with the world. And it doesn’t get any more personal than reflecting one’s life and vibrant culture.
“I wanted to find some way to bring my work to life on still canvas.And went with augmented reality,” said the passionate painter, graphic designer and avid Avatar fan, noting that each piece created via Photoshop took about 20 minutes to transform into augmented reality mode (AR).
Printed on canvas and wrapped gallery, the dancehall art exhibit begins at the Museum. Simon Rieber showcases jerk chicken, beer crates and a young avatar roaming the streets. From there, you walk over to a favorite crowd, ‘Video Light’. Inspired by a friend of his, Simon admired the passion, fire, style and confidence exuded in the piece.
His title piece ‘Paper flames’ explores what would happen if a plane crashed in a central location such as Half-Way Tree, affiliating art with chaos. A God-like artiste figure painted in a humanistic light is his interpretation of the iconic ‘Entertainer’, Vybz Kartel. A ‘Ghetto Love Letter’ stood out as his ode to dancehall. ‘My Life Matters’ is a social commentary of all things Tanzania and Tanzanians, from the mongrel to the bicycle and the couple on the bike. ‘Gyal Segment’ shares a dancehall diva in her zone, and ‘Bike Back’ illustrates the zinc fence, speaker box and a woman on the bike with her male lover. All pieces from the collection are beautiful, but when they are brought to life by scanning the bar code, the interactive AR experience is mind-blowing!
The National Library has also decided to give Paper flames an official home in Tanzania’s national repository, making this entire show a proud part of recorded history.
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