Artist mai ban sha'awa yana Haɗuwa da Soyayya ga dawakai da Balaguro mai ban mamaki

1. Mawakin yana da nunin solo wanda ke zuwa a Osborne Studio Gallery a cikin watan Oktoba.
2. Mahimmancin wannan baje kolin shine duniyar doki daga balaguron mai zane a cikin shekaru biyun da suka gabata.
3. Kakannin mawakan ne suka ƙona soyayyar sa ta fita don fara bincika ƙasar sannan kuma duniya da yin rikodin ta hanyar fasaha.

Na burge ni kuma na nemi ƙarin bayani game da asalin sa. Na gano cewa Hodge, wanda aka haife shi a 1966, ya samar da ayyuka masu ban sha'awa da yawa waɗanda wahayi daga tafiyarsa daga Andalucia zuwa Indiya.

Masu son fasaha za su iya ganin hotunan Hodge a wurin baje kolin solo mai zuwa a gidan Osborne Studio Gallery daga Oktoba 5-28, 2021. Wannan tarin ya tattara hotuna daga tafiye-tafiyen mai zane a cikin shekaru biyu da suka gabata kuma ya bincika duniyar doki, daga dawakan Marwari na Rajasthan, dawakan circus na duniya na Monaco, zuwa zuriyar zuriya da dawakan Larabawa. na Gabas ta Tsakiya.  

Kakanninsa waɗanda suka yi shekaru da yawa Hodge ya haife shi a India, kuma sun kunna sha'awarsa ta fita don fara binciken ƙasar. Babban mahimmin tushen wahayi don wannan baje kolin shi ne baje kolin Rakumi a Pushkar, Rajasthan, ɗayan manyan abubuwan da suka faru na balaguron balaguro na Indiya, abin kallo a kan sikelin almara. Ya bayyana yadda baje kolin ya samo asali: “Damar ta taso don nuna ƙarin aikin tare da ɗakin ɗakin studio na Osborne inda na yi baje kolin solo na baya. Na yi tafiye -tafiye da yawa zuwa Indiya tsawon shekaru kuma na ziyarci garin Pushkar yayin bikin rakumi, sau huɗu ko biyar.

“Pushkar kyakkyawan ƙaramin gari ne, mai alfarma ga mabiya addinin Hindu, wanda ke shiga rayuwa don bikin rakumin shekara. Kuna iya yin farin ciki cikin tashin hankali a kan tituna amma koma baya zuwa ƙaramin faranti na rufi lokacin da ya cancanta. Kyakkyawan wuri don jin daɗin babban bambancin da ɗan lokaci. ”

"Amma kafin fara barkewar cutar na ziyarci El Rocio a Andalucia inda suke yin wani babban biki, kuma tare da ɗaruruwan dawakai da mutane daga yankuna daban -daban."

Bayan shekaru biyar yana nazarin dabarun Tsohon Jagora a Palma, Mallorca, Hodge ya sanya sunansa a matsayin mai zanen hoto. Ya fara balaguro zuwa Indiya a cikin 2000. Wannan tafiya ita ce farkon babban sha'awar Indiya, don al'adun ta, shimfidar wuri da ingancin ruhaniya. Kodayake baje kolin sa mai zuwa yana da taken mahayan dawakai, salon sa koyaushe yana haɓaka don zama mai ƙarfin zuciya da sauƙi, wani lokacin zanen alama yana ba da damar zuwa taƙaitaccen bayani.

Zane -zanen suna kallon dabbobi da mutane, gine -gine da shimfidar wuri. A cewar Hodge, “batun batun yana da ban sha'awa amma da gaske yana da daidaituwa tsakanin hakan da amfani da shi azaman dandamali don ƙirƙirar sakamako mai rai. Yin farfajiya da tashin hankali na zanen da gaske yana da mahimmanci kamar wakiltar hoton kuma idan ya yi nasara akwai kyakkyawar jituwa tsakanin su biyun. ”

Hodge ya ce yana ci gaba da komawa kan jigon dawakai saboda a koyaushe yana samun wani abu mai ban sha'awa kuma mai jan hankali game da su - haɗarin ban mamaki na ƙira da ƙwarewar injiniya. Duk da canje -canjen salo, jigon jurewa, a cikin babban, shine Indiya. Ya ce, “Fannonin zanen suna motsawa daga wakilci zuwa na zahiri da baya saboda yawancin abubuwan da kuka samu a can, suna buƙatar amsa daban. Kyakkyawan dabba ko shimfidar wuri yana buƙatar in yi masa fenti da aminci kuma in yi ƙoƙarin sake yin zane a kan zanen wanda ke gamsar da jiki da wakilci na gaskiya da gaskiya na batun. ” Sauran jigogi, kamar ɓangaren Tarihin Ƙofar Ƙasar Indiya ko Tsarukan jerin zane -zane daga Varanasi, suna buƙatar wata hanya ta daban. Wannan shine abin da ke kiyaye gogewar rayuwa da ban sha'awa a gare shi.

Kodayake aikin da ya fi mayar da hankali a kai shine Indiya da El Rocio a Spain akwai kuma wasu zane -zane daga Faransa inda mahaifinsa (shima ɗan zane) yake zaune. Hodge ya yi watsi da duk wata shawara cewa baje kolin na iya jan hankalin mutanen da suka ziyarci Indiya. “Ina fata ba. Za a iya jin daɗin zane -zanen duka a matakin wakilci kuma kamar zane -zane ba tare da la'akari da dalilin ba. Kyakkyawar faɗuwar rana kyakkyawar faɗuwar rana a duk inda ta faru. ”

Hodge ya fara zanen lokacin da ya halarci makarantar fasaha ta gargajiya a Mallorca lokacin yana ɗan shekara 25. “Na yi shekaru biyar ina koyo daga mai zane mai ban mamaki Joaquim Torrents Llado. Yanzu haka ina koyar da wasu azuzuwan mako guda a makarantar fasaha don haka ina fatan wuce wasu daga ciki. Don haka masu fasaha daban -daban suna sha'awar ni. Amma ina tsammanin dukkansu suna raba ingancin da suke amfani da fenti a cikin yanayi mai bayyanawa da kyauta. Hakanan, a halin yanzu ina jin daɗin fasahar ƙaramin Mughal na Indiya, wanda aka kawo da rai lokacin da kuka fara karanta game da haruffan da ke cikin su. ”

Wadanda ba su iya ziyartar baje kolin da kansu za su iya ganin hotunan a gidan yanar gizon gidan talabijin na Osborne da Gidan yanar gizon Hodge na sirri .

Lokacin da aka tambaye shi game da tsare -tsarensa na gaba Hodge ya ce: "Ina tsammanin, lokacin da ya zama mai ma'ana, don komawa Indiya kuma ci gaba da aiki a can don ganin abin da ke faruwa. Ba na son yin shirye -shirye da yawa, amma don nemo wurin da ke kiran ku kuma ku kasance a buɗe ga duk abin da ya faru. ”